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Air Carrier Access Act Technical Assistance Manual (2005)

Note: This document was originally published in 2005, so all references to 14 CFR part 382 herein are hyperlinked to the version that was current at the time of publication (14 CFR Part 382 with amendments issued through July 2003). Click here to view additional versions of this regulation and other publications related to air transportation.

QUESTION: I’m flying from Cleveland to Chicago on ABC Airlines and then connecting on XYZ Airlines on a flight from Chicago to Seattle. I need wheelchair assistance to reach my connecting gate. Which carrier is responsible for providing this wheelchair assistance to the connecting gate?

ANSWER: As the delivering carrier, ABC Airlines is required to provide you with the requested wheelchair assistance in reaching your connecting gate, at which point XYZ Airlines is then responsible for providing you with assistance in enplaning onto your connecting flight. The delivering carrier must assist you in reaching your connecting gate even if you are traveling on two separate tickets and the connecting flight is departing from a different terminal within the same airport. However, you should make the need for such assistance clear to ABC Airlines before the flight, if possible. [Sec. 382.39]

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