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Innovative Partnership Pioneers Inclusion for Visually Impaired in Airport Ground Handling

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(IN SHORT) The ‘Flying beyond sight, destination inclusion’ initiative, a collaboration between the Italian Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (UICI) and Swissport, is poised to launch at Rome Fiumicino Airport during the summer of 2024. This groundbreaking project aims to integrate visually impaired individuals into airport ground handling roles, a first-of-its-kind endeavor in… Read the full press release

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey launches new assistance to people who are visually impaired

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John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International, and LaGuardia airports will now offer free Aira services for duration of year-long pilot program New York City, New York, United States, 2020-Mar-05 — /Travel PR News/ — The Port Authority has launched a 12-month pilot program at John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International, and LaGuardia airports… Read the full press release

Blind and visually impaired passengers can now get free 24/7 help at Gatwick via the camera on their mobile phone

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Professionally trained agents now guide passengers through the airport, help them read documents or even find their bag on the luggage carousel Chair of easyJet’s Accessibility Advisory Group, Lord David Blunkett, says this: “will be life changing in terms of providing equality to passengers with no or little sight” New service is part of Gatwick’s ambition… Read the full press release

Heathrow launches on-demand, personalised assistance to visually impaired passengers via the Aira app

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Aira app to benefit the 6,000 visually impaired passengers that travel through Heathrow each year Passengers can access on demand assistance on their mobile phones App follows a year of rapid changes in special assistance at Heathrow following a £23 million investment LONDON, UK, 2018-Nov-30 — /Travel PR News/ — From Monday December 3rd, visually impaired… Read the full press release