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IATA sets up global action group to improve handling of mobility aids GENEVA, 15 days ago The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the launch of a global Mobility Aids Action Group to examine and improve the transport journey of mobility aids, including wheelchairs, with the objective of improving the handling of this vital equipment for travellers with disabilities.   The Action Group will be the first of its kind aimed at tackling issues around the safe and secure transport of mobility aids — an issue of huge importance to a growing number of travellers.    It...

Published July 9, 2021, 11:31 AM The International Air Transport Association (IATA) last night (July 8) announced the launch of a global Mobility Aids Action Group, the first of its kind, to improve the transport of mobility aids, including wheelchairs, for travelers with disabilities. Globally, over 1 billion people, or 15 percent of the world’s population, have some form of disability and 80% of the world’s Persond With Didabilities (PWDs) live in low-income countries. Latest Philippine census figures that around 1.5 million Filipinos have disabilities. Of these, three in five were in t...