Air Carrier Access Act Technical Assistance Manual (2005)

Advance Notice for Optional Services and Equipment

Although carriers are not required to provide the following services or equipment, if they choose to provide them, you may require 48 hours’ advance notice and one hour’s advance check-in for:

• Medical oxygen for use on board the aircraft;

• Carriage of an incubator;

• Hook-up for a respirator to the aircraft’s electrical power supply; and

• Accommodation for a passenger who must travel on a stretcher. [Secs. 382.33(b)(1)-(4)]

If appropriate advance notice has been given and the requested service is available on that particular flight, you must ensure that the service or equipment is provided.