Aviation: Disability
Commons · Question 95939 · Tabled 1 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Navendu Mishra
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will issue guidelines to airlines on the treatment of passengers with neurological disabilities, including standardised procedures for fitness-to-fly assessments.
Answer
Answered by Keir Mather, 5 Dec 2025
Aviation must be accessible to all, and everyone has the right to travel with dignity and ease. UK law prohibits refusal of carriage by air based on any disability, impairment, or condition, except where restrictions are required due to safety reasons. Th...