Blind Person
The Indian Airlines Corporation allows 50% concessional fare
to Blind persons or single journey or single fare for round
trip journey on all domestic flights. To avail this facility
(for blind persons) they have to product a certificate from
a medical practitioner. Air Hostess/Steward will look after
the Blind Persons not accompanied by escorts in flight.
The Public Relation Officer or the Traffic Officer Incharge
at the airport will render necessary assistance to such infirm
passengers at the airport of the departure and arrival. Escorts
are to pay full fare. This concession cannot be combined with
any other concessional fare allowed by the Indian Airlines.
CARRIAGE OF BLIND PEOPLE ON INDIAN
AIRLINES CORPORATION (IAC) SERVICES INDIAN AIRLINES CIRCULAR
NO. CIM/17 DATED 18, MAY, 1965
Occasionally, IAC carry blind passengers who travel by air
on account of urgency or other reasons. As a humanitarian measure,
it has been decided that 50 percent concession fare on single
journey or single fare for round trip journey will apply for
carriage of all blind people on IAC domestic services only.
However, escorts will play the full applicable fares.
Blind Passenger will have to make an application for grant
of 50 percent concession and such application must be accompanied
by a certificate from a registered medical practitioner testifying
to the fact that the person is blind and has lost the vision
of both eyes. Such certificate must also carry the registered
number of the registered medical practitioner of the state to
which he belongs.
The 50 % concession admissible to blind people cannot be combined
with any other concessional fare allowed by IAC i.e. no other
concession will be admissible to the blind passenger.
While the Air Hostess or the Steward will look after the blind
passengers not accompanied by escorts in flights, the Public
Relation Officer or the Traffic Officer-in-charge at the airport
will render necessary assistance to such infirm passengers at
the airport of departure and arrival Advance notice of the travel
be sent by the station of embarkation.
The above concession will come into force immediately.
INDIAN AIRLINES (Commercial Headquarters)
From:
Commercial Department
Indian Airlines Hqrs.
New Delhi
To:
All Stations
Indian Airlines
Ref. No. HCD:8R:252
16th May,1980
Circular No. 490 (R&T)
Sub: Blind Persons Discount
It has been brought to our notice that passenger who are permanently
blind face a lot of problems in purchasing air tickets as they
have to produce a fresh medical certificate each time they purchase
as air ticket. The passenger finds this inconvenient. It has
therefore been decided that, with immediate effect, a photocopy
of Medical Certificate, issued by competent authorities, stating
that passenger has permanently lost total vision in both eyes
can be accepted. The passenger will not have to submit the original
certificate if he does not wish to do so. However, the photocopy
should be verified with the Original at the time of acceptance.
All other conditions regarding the Blind Persons are remain
unchanged. Please advise all concerned.
Sd/-
(A.K. GOYAL)
SR.DY. COMMERCIAL MGR.(R&T)
F. COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR
CC: AS PER LIST
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