May 27th - How to handle allergies on planes
Food allergies are in the news, with a family who were told to leave a flight from Gatwick to Dalaman in Turkey because one family member has a nut allergy. This is a really tricky subject to navigate, but there are some lessons to learn.
Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast · The Independent
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Show Notes
Everybody has the same rights to travel... don't they? For those with severe food allergies, travel risks being complicated, expensive and even deadly.
Just last week a 12-year-old girl with a peanut allergy and her family were thrown off a SunExpress flight from Gatwick to Dalaman, Turkey after the captain refused to ask other passengers not to eat nuts.
Travel can be a tricky for those with such allergies. Here's my advice.
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