The DPNA code to assist passengers!

January 26, 2020

Marilena Di Coste

The DPNA (Disabled Passenger with Intellectual or Developmental Disability Needing Assistance) code was introduced by The International Air Transport Association over a decade ago.
It is designed to assist people with intellectual and developmental disabilities when traveling. Emirati personality Khalid Al Ameri has a son on the autism spectrum. He created a video documenting a family trip from Abu Dhabi to Bahrain which he booked using the DPNA code on an Etihad flight spreading awareness on it https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/travel/triple-fold-increase-in-uae-travellers-booking-trips-using-little-known-dpna-code-1.966737.

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