Passenger kept from boarding after Jetstar’s refusal to assist with wheelchair makes discrimination complaint

Erin Turner Manners, a senior solicitor at the Public Interest Advocacy Centre – which is representing Jones – said he was “one of many passengers who have encountered poor treatment, including effective denial of service, trying to access air travel as airlines and airports continue to fail people with disability”.

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