Court of Appeal confirms that Ryanair must provide free wheelchairs

The most high-profile case to have been brought under part III of the Disability Discrimination Act reached its conclusion yesterday, when the Court of Appeal confirmed that Ryanair was wrong to charge a disabled passengers for the use of a wheelchair.

The Court of Appeal did, though, find that BAA (which operates Stansted Airport) had also discriminated against Bob Ross, who was charged £18 for a wheelchair when he flew with Ryanair from Stansted Airport in 2002 to Perpignan in France. The... (111 more words)

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