There will also be a need to develop an environment so that staff working at various airports will be able to provide assistance in a flexible manner when they see a need for such support.

Akihiro Mihoshi, a professor emeritus at Kindai University who has specialized in barrier-free designs. He said obligating all airlines to provide provide ways for wheelchair fliers to board planes is important because many wheelchair users had resigned themselves to not taking smaller planes that could only be boarded using a ramp.

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