20.11.06

Upgrading of airport workers  skills on passenger handling with reduced mobility.

On November 6, 2006 modular course "Methods of moving and assistance to persons with reduced mobility" started at State Enterprise "Boryspil International Airport". The airport staff dealing with passengers with reduced mobility was trained within social company "Comfortable place for everyone".

Since September 2004 Kyiv City Center on social services for family, children and youth held a social event and since January 2005 this event became Pan-Ukrainian.

Since November 6 modular training courses have been started for city transport staff. The airport workers were the first who were trained.

On November 9 demonstration training course was conducted and followed by excursion at the Terminal B of the airport, and by a conference for representatives of Kyiv City Center on social services for family, children and youth that took place at the hall of Terminal C.

At the conference Sergiy V. Galin, Chief of Terminal Complex, and Volodymyr M. Korshunov, Deputy Director on Ground Handling, informed participants that Boryspil International Airport possesses all necessary facilities for passengers with reduced mobility: passenger loading bridges, ambulifts, wheelchairs, two lifts, parking, ramps, convenient low height of the window in the information desk, immigration service desks, check-in desks, toilet facilities and passenger escort to the boarding gates. A group of terminal assistants consists of 18 persons working for 24 hours a day. Every member of Boryspil International Airport tries to do his/her best in passenger handling without any exception. It is one more step to the democratic and equitable society.