Can You Take an Electric Wheelchair on a Plane

Many friends with physical disabilities want to fly, but they don't know whether a wheelchair car can get on the plane. Now I'd like to introduce it to you.

There are no disabled seats on the plane, and disabled passengers are not allowed to board the plane in their wheelchairs.

Wheelchair passengers should apply for tickets when purchasing tickets. When changing boarding passes, some people will change their wheelchairs with special aviation wheelchairs (shape and size are suitable for aircraft use, with fixed devices and seat belts for flight). The passengers' wheelchairs must go through free check-in procedures; special wheelchair access is available for security check-in.

After boarding the plane, there is a special place for wheelchairs to park, where wheelchairs can be fixed.

Disabled persons should arrive at the airport more than three hours in advance on the day of their flight, so that they have more time to handle boarding passes, baggage check-in, security check-in and boarding. They can also respond calmly to special circumstances such as changes in flight schedules.

 If you need to carry a wheelchair, you need to check it.

Transportation of Manual Wheelchairs

a.    Manual wheelchairs should be transported as checked baggage.

b.    Wheelchairs used by sick and disabled travelers can be transported free of charge and are not counted in the amount of free luggage.

c.    The wheelchairs of passengers (e.g. group wheelchair passengers) who have agreed and arranged to use their own wheelchairs during the boarding process shall be delivered at the boarding gate at the time of the passengers' boarding.

Transportation of Electric Wheelchairs

a.    Electric wheelchairs should be transported as checked baggage.

b.    Electric wheelchairs used by sick and disabled travelers can be transported free of charge and are not counted in the amount of free luggage.

c.    When the electric wheelchair is shipped, its packing must meet the following requirements:

1)  Wheelchair equipped with leak-proof batteries, the two poles of the batteries must be able to prevent short circuit and the batteries are firmly installed on the wheelchair.

2)  Wheelchairs equipped with non-leak-proof batteries must remove the batteries. Wheelchairs can be transported as unrestricted checked baggage, and unloaded batteries must be packed in rigid packages that are tight enough to prevent leakage of batteries liquid and secured in appropriate ways, such as using straps, clamps or brackets, to be fixed on the loading board or in the hold (cargo or baggage support is not allowed).

These packages should be marked "battery, wet, wheel chair" or "battery, wet, with mobility aid". The "corrosive" label and the upward label of the package are added.