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AIR TRAVEL
When making a reservation, you should always inform the airline that you need special
assistance and are travelling with your own electric scooter. If they ask what type of battery you
are using, advise them that it is a non-spillable Lithium Ion battery which is airline approved.
When arriving at the airport and if you have limited mobility, simply remain on your
SmartScoot
TM
and drive directly to the departure gate. Similarly with wheelchairs, you should
receive preferred treatment at the security checkpoints.
You should identify yourself to the gate agents and ask them to confirm how your SmartScoot™
will be handled from the time you get onto the plane until the time you receive it upon reaching
your destination. A gate check tag should be placed on the scooter.
Passengers with mobility
devices are usually asked to board the airplane first to give the airline
handlers enough time to
store the SmartScoot
TM
into the luggage compartment below
the plane. Most airlines will want
you to drive the SmartScoot
TM
down the jetway to the entrance
of the plane. Once at the
entrance of the plane, carefully get off the scooter and remove the
battery to place into your
carry-on luggage and enter the plane. Upon arriving at your destination, the
scooter should be
brought up to you on the jetway.
CAUTION
–
Often times the jetway has a long or steep incline which is not completely
flat and there may not be suitable run-up space, which could make driving the scooter on
the jetway hazardous. If you find these or other potentially hazardous conditions, either
walk the scooter along the jetway or ask airline personnel for assistance.
