14 C.F.R. § 382.41

What flight-related information must carriers provide to qualified individuals with a disability?

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(a) As a carrier, you must provide the following information, on request, to qualified individuals with a disability or persons making inquiries on their behalf concerning the accessibility of the aircraft expected to make a particular flight. The information you provide must be specific to the aircraft you expect to use for the flight unless it is unfeasible for you to do so (e.g., because unpredictable circumstances such as weather or a mechanical problem require substitution of another aircraft that could affect the location or availability of an accommodation). The required information is:

(1) The specific location of seats, if any, with movable armrests (i.e., by row and seat number);

(2) The specific location of seats (i.e., by row and seat number) that the carrier, consistent with this part, does not make available to passengers with a disability (e.g., exit row seats);

(3) Any aircraft-related, service-related or other limitations on the ability to accommodate passengers with a disability, including limitations on the availability of level-entry boarding to the aircraft at any airport involved with the flight. You must provide this information to any passenger who states that he or she uses a wheelchair for boarding, even if the passenger does not explicitly request the information.

(4) Any limitations on the availability of storage facilities, in the cabin or in the cargo bay, for mobility aids or other assistive devices commonly used by passengers with a disability, including storage in the cabin of a passenger's wheelchair as provided in §§ 382.67 and 382.123;

(5) Information regarding accessibility of lavatories (see § 382.63(h)); and

(6) The types of services to passengers with a disability that are or are not available on the flight.

(b) As a carrier, you must publish information in a prominent and easily accessible place on your public-facing website(s) describing the relevant dimensions and other characteristics of the cargo holds of all aircraft types you operate, including the dimensions of the cargo hold entry, that would limit the size, weight, and allowable type of cargo.

[DOT-OST-2022-0144, 89 FR 102441, Dec. 17, 2024]

Notes of Decisions

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Frank DeCHIRICO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John J. CALLAHAN, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, De (1998) ca2 “1987) (quoting medical evidence treating a cane as an assistive device); 14 C.F.R. § 382.41 (c) (requiring airlines to permit disabled passengers "to stow canes and other assistive devices" near their seats); 42 C.”

Elassaad v. Independence Air, Inc. (2010) ca3 “The provisions of § 382.39(a) that are pertinent to this case currently appear in 14 C.”

Summers v. Delta Airlines, Inc. (2011) cand “See 14 C.F.R. § 382.41 (c) (requiring airlines to provide information on the availability of level-entry boarding to an aircraft); § 382.”

Elassaad v. Independence Air, Inc. (2010) ca3 “[4] When referring to the ACAA-implementing regulations hereafter, we will simply say "the ACAA regulations.”

Rowley v. American Airlines (1995) ord “Finally, American Airlines contends that it is entitled to summary judgment on Rowley’s claim under 14 C.F.R. § 382.41 on the ground that it has compensated Rowley for the damage to her motorized scooter.”

Rowley v. American Airlines (1995) ord · cites it 3× “mobile; that American Airlines violated 14 C.F.R. § 382.41 (f) by failing to return her scooter to her as near as possible to the door of the airplane after each flight and by failing to ensure that her scooter was one of the first items retrieved from the baggage compartment of…”

Elassaad v. Independence Air, Inc. (2010) ca3 “6 That obligation currently appears in 14 C.F.R. § 382.41 (c) (2009). 7 constituted negligence under Pennsylvania common law.”

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