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Sasha Rogelberg

Passengers are pretending to be disabled to get fast-tracked through airports amid ‘rampant abuse’ of airport wheelchair services, Frontier CEO says

Barry Biffle is wearing a suit and gesturing as he speaks in front of a magenta background. (Credit: Zach Gibson—Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Frontier CEO Barry Biffle identified a new problem plaguing his discount airline: too many passengers exploiting accessibility services, costing it precious time and money.

“There is massive, rampant abuse of special services,” he said at a Thursday lunch in New York, CNBC reported. “There are people using wheelchair assistance who don’t need it at all.”

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