Meeting the needs of disabled air passengers: Factors that facilitate help from airlines and airports

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 529-536

  Chang, Yu Chun ^a   Chen, Ching Fu ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Airlines; Airport; Disability; Employee; Willingness to help

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; AIRPORT; COMPENSATION SYSTEM; DISABILITY; MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84455161066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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