Carers for disabled passengers should fly for free, say MPs

Carers should not be charged to fly if airline rules mean disabled people have to be accompanied, MPs have said.

Some airlines require carers for people who cannot manage emergency procedures, so the Transport Select Committee wants an EU rule that carers should not pay.

In a wide-ranging report, the MPs said UK transport access for the disabled was "unacceptably poor" and momentum had been lost after the Paralympics.

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