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ACAA: What to Know Before You Fly
PLANE: PIXABAY/CONFUSED_ME
It’s time for a travel pop quiz! True or false?
- The Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) requires passengers
with disabilities to provide an airline with at least 72
hours’ notice before traveling.
- New aircraft with 30 or more seats must have movable
armrests on all aisle seats except in emergency exit or
bulkhead rows.
- All new aircraft must have accessible restrooms.
They’re all false. But if you hesitated — accessible
restrooms are only mandated on new twin-aisle
aircraft, and new aircraft must have movable armrests
on half its aisle seats — check out the Department of
Transportation’s
Passengers with
Disabilities Web page.
Airlines
generally can’t
require people with
disabilities to provide
advance notice, but there are equipment exceptions.
Know your rights before you fly.