John Morris is a frequent traveler in regular times, but a recent policy change with American Airlines is preventing him from flying from his local airport with them. Despite the fact that he uses a ...

Airline passengers who use wheelchairs and scooters are finally being paid some due respect. The Department of Transportation (DOT)’s Secretary Pete Buttigieg has proposed a rule that would ensure ...

In December of 2024 the U.S Department of Transportation (USDOT) under outgoing President Joe Biden strengthened a rule protecting passengers traveling by air who require the use of a wheelchair. The ...

TV host and travel writer Sophie Morgan was paralyzed from the chest down in a car crash at 18. She told BI that flying for disabled people is often extremely difficult and uncomfortable. Morgan ...

Shayn Pulley said their wheelchair was irreparably cracked on Feb. 22 while traveling from Raleigh, North Carolina, to Philadelphia. But Pulley, who uses they/them pronouns, said they're lucky it wasn ...

Deanna Vaillancort-Thompson told USA TODAY over the summer that she was worried about flying again after her manual wheelchair was damaged in April on an American Airlines flight, and it turns out her ...

Rep Jim Langevin never made it past the check-in counter for a recent flight out of Boston after the airline refused to let him bring his lithium-battery powered wheelchair onto the flight. For the ...

Every time Scott Chesney flies, which is often, he follows a disruptive but familiar ritual: Airline employees lift his 6-foot-1-inch frame out of his wheelchair and strap him into a special chair ...