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A young woman remains in her wheelchair onboard in a Multi Purpose Compartment that can also facilitate her companions, or be used for regular seating when not needed for a wheelchair. The wheelchair is tied down for safety.

Airbus reveals concept for wheelchair tie-down and companion travel

Airbus has developed a flexible new concept that would enable a wheelchair user to remain in their own chair onboard aircraft, whilst also p... Continue Reading

A disabled child sits in his complex wheelchair, assisted by an aid.

Op-Ed: Time to make space onboard aircraft for wheelchair users

We do not live in a fully accessible world. My brother was born with a neuromuscular disorder called Spinal Muscular Atrophy. He never walk... Continue Reading

Economy model of Air4All wheelchair securement is pictured in a Delta cabin. Delta Flight Products is bringing Air4All through engineering and certification.

Delta Flight Products eyes near-term certification of Air4All

LONG BEACH — Having taken up the mantle to bring the Air4All onboard wheelchair securement system through engineering development and manufa... Continue Reading

The wheelchair is restrained by a common standard system

FAA to define safety criteria for wheelchairs in the cabin

US FAA officials are working to define the criteria necessary to allow someone to remain in their personal wheelchair during flight using a ... Continue Reading

Inside an Airbus A319 economy class cabin. This image shows the overhead bins, PSUs and the very tops of the seats. Airbus is seeking to advance various sustainable and accessible cabin initiatives. Flam testing is required of all aircraft interiors.

Airbus eyes cabin accessibility solutions; says industry not there yet

Several aviation stakeholders are doing admirable and important work to address a glaring cabin accessibility problem: wheelchair users cann... Continue Reading

Air4All wheelchair seat prototype on display at AIX 2023 in Hamburg.

Air4All wheelchair seat space wows with simplicity and elegance

Of all the aircraft seats and systems on display at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in June, one product seeks to enable passengers to remain in... Continue Reading

The Air4All system onboard, showing that wheelchairs could be supported without removing seats. The DOT is now eyeing a new rule for PRMs to stay in their own wheelchairs

Ideas abound as US DOT eyes wheelchairs in the cabin

US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on 26 July announced that the DOT is working toward a future rule that would allow pass... Continue Reading

A woman is on her mobile device parked in the Fly Your Wheels Suite. She is facing the front row of first class.

NIAR students and Collins propose wheelchair-in-the-cabin solution

HAMBURG — Could the redesign of a closet on aircraft like the Boeing 737-800 answer the pleas of wheelchair users who want to stay in their ... Continue Reading

Design enables wheelchairs in cabins without reducing seats

Disability activists and certain aircraft cabin design experts have long fought to usher in an industry step change by enabling powered whee... Continue Reading

A cabin design from Molon Labe and JPA that would enable wheelchairs in the aircraft cabin

Clean Slate Considerations: Making Room For Accessibility On board

New market conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic together with the long-established needs of disabled flyers and the aging population ... Continue Reading

The Row 1 wheelchair system slides into the front row of economy class. This is a rendering of the design to support accessible cabins.

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Award-winning student design offers a new take on accessible cabins

An award-winning adaptable wheelchair design by Irish designer Ciara Crawford offers a new take on accessible aircraft cabins, and aims to e... Continue Reading

Seeking to move the needle on PaxEx topics at APEX and AIX expos

The APEX EXPO and Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX), Americas are set to open their doors this week in Los Angeles. The co-located shows are alw... Continue Reading

#PaxEx Podcast: Breaking down passenger wins in FAA reauthorization

Welcome to the Episode 61 of the #PaxEx podcast, which tracks how the airline passenger experience is evolving in a mobile, social, vocal wo... Continue Reading

Rear view of a man in wheelchair with a disability at the airport. Mobility Aid. United dignity

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Wheelchairs-in-the-cabin advocates optimistic about campaign progress

Recently invited to meet with EASA officials in Cologne to discuss the regulatory and certification considerations for allowing disabled pas... Continue Reading