Re: [AI] Assistance for visually challenged in Air India international flights.

2010-06-16 Thread SC Vashishth
I managed to find our a dedicated page to Disability Assistance on Air India. The link is give below: http://home.airindia.in/SBCMS/Webpages/disability_assistance.aspx?MID=27# Hope this serves the problems. -- Warm regards, Subhash Chandra Vashishth Mobile: +91 (11) 9811125521 Please don't print

Re: [AI] Assistance for visually challenged in Air India international flights.

2010-06-16 Thread SC Vashishth
Additionally, the Air India website has only this page which has some advice for Blind passengers travelling on International flight. I am copying the page hereitself, lest you get lost in the inaccessible website of AirIndia: Source: http://home.airindia.in/SBCMS/Webpages/International---Passenge

Re: [AI] Assistance for visually challenged in Air India international flights.

2010-06-16 Thread SC Vashishth
Hi Vamshi, Though Mr. Ramdoss has given detailed steps where the traveller would receive or require help, It would be worthwhile to just read the DGCA's CAR (Civil Aviation Requirements) on Carriage by Air of Persons with Disabilities and Persons with Reduced Mobility. You will appreciate that th

Re: [AI] Assistance for visually challenged in Air India international flights.

2010-06-16 Thread Adhimoolam Vetrivel Murugan
But advise your friend to contact the airline in advance. She may still get required assistance, but according to international law, airlines need to be notified 48 hours in advance and as a government owned airline, air india is a bit crazy at times. Best, Vetri. On 16/06/2010, Sathiyaprakash R

Re: [AI] Assistance for visually challenged in Air India international flights.

2010-06-16 Thread Sathiyaprakash Ramdoss
In general, Prior to travelling / while booking the ticket, person must request accomodation. Certainly, it is mandatory for the respective airlines to provide requested accomodation for the disabled individuals. As for as the convinient of the person who is traveling tomorrow, I can give som

Re: [AI] Assistance for visually challenged in Air India international flights.

2010-06-16 Thread nilesh sonar
hello one of my friend had face same problem then he called to the service provider and they had provide him assistant from the entry of the airport gate and at the destination airport also i think there is some guied line for all the airlines for person with disability but i dont have it

[AI] Assistance for visually challenged in Air India international flights.

2010-06-16 Thread Vamshi G
Hi friends, One of my friends is travelling by an Air India flight to USA. Is there any assistance that she can get like, guidance in finding gate ways, locating luggage, filling up forms? And, what are all the precautions that have to be taken for a journey like this? She is a low vision