Carriage of Electric Mobility Aids Should Be Declared Before Flight

03/02/2017

Passengers who travel with electric wheelchair or other mobility aid by using air transport shall obligatory declare this service to the airline. Since spring of this year, this is provided by international regulations.

By travelling with standard electric wheelchair or mobility aid, the airline shall provide information, for example, about its type/model, dimensions, weight, accumulator/battery type a.o.

In order to declare the service and to find out precise information about conditions of carriage for electric wheelchair or mobility aid, Riga International Airport invites to communicate with the selected airline.
We remind that in summer season from Riga International Airport it is possible to go to 79 destinations, what is provided by 20 airlines - airBaltic, Aeroflot, Aegean Airlines, Belavia, Ellinair, Finnair, FlyEgypt, LOT, Lufthansa, Norwegian, Onur Air, Ryanair, SAS, SmartLynx Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Ukraine International Airlines, Utair, Uzbekistan Airways, Vueling, Wizz Air.

For additional information: contact details of airlines working in Riga International Airport are available in www.riga-airport.com in section Flights – Airlines.

Riga International Airport is the largest aviation company in the Baltic States, currently serving 46% from the total number of air passengers of the Baltics.