Your chance to improve the treatment of oxygen users when travelling on planes
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I am writing to you as your constituent, to ask for your support on our oxygen on planes campaign which calls for the end to discriminatory treatment of people who use oxygen when they are traveling on planes. As you may be aware, there are currently 90,000 people who live with conditions such as Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) who are ‘fit to fly’ yet require supplemental oxygen when flying around or out of the UK.
Due to the policies set by different airline companies, it is both expensive and difficult for a person dependent on supplemental oxygen to plan and use air travel. The vast majority of airline companies do not allow people to bring their own portable oxygen concentrator or cylinder on to their planes while simultaneously charging hundreds of pounds extra to use the supplementary oxygen that the airline provides.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission believe that these charges may be contrary to the law and they are seeking to have the regulations interpreted so that airlines do not charge people who are on oxygen.
Pulmonary Hypertension Association UK with support from the British Lung Foundation have recently revealed the outcome of their latest ‘secret shopper’ research, conducted by the charity's members with 67 airlines, concerning the provision of in-flight supplemental oxygen.
I personally believe that this is a case of discrimination against people with a lung condition and that they should be allowed to travel without incurring disproportionate and unnecessary costs.
Nick Ainger MP has tabled an Early Day Motion 606 and I’d be extremely grateful if you could add your support by signing the EDM.
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