For example:
• Oxygen with a flow rate between 2 and 4 l/minute.
• In-flight medical care.
• Wheelchair (with oxygen or medical escort).
• Use of medical equipment or appliances during the flight, for medical reasons.
• Possibility that an illness may be aggravated by or during the flight.
• Convalescence from serious illness requiring hospitalization.
• CPAP, oxygen concentrators, respiratory devices and similar.
• A plaster cast. For flights lasting more than two hours, the plaster cast must have been in place for at least 48 hours or be open lengthwise.
• Passengers whose illness is unlikely to worsen during the flight and who only need ground assistance to/from the aircraft (WCHR/S/C wheelchair without oxygen, without medical escort).
• Frequent Traveller Medical Card (FREMEC)
We recommend that your client checks whether he/she is required to present a report from his/her regular doctor or consult him/her, if:
• He/she suffers or has recently suffered from an eventual or chronic illness related to cardiovascular or respiratory problems, severe anaemia, unstable diabetes, or cancer.
• They are taking immunosuppressive medication or if, for any health reasons, there are doubts about their current state of health for travel.
Request special assistance for your client at least 48 hours in advance of their flight departure to ensure that everything is ready for their arrival.
In addition, we advise you to book your client's flight:
• Ensure that there is sufficient time between the arrival and departure of their connecting flights, if any. Generally, the time needed for an international flight is longer than the time needed for a domestic flight. As a general rule, we suggest spacing the two flights at least one and a half hours apart.
• Check that the connection is made at the same airport. Remember that in certain cities, there may be more than one.
• Check that all the corresponding codes (SSR) are included in the reservation.
Below, we share a list of SSRs:
Code
WCHR
WCHS
WCHC
BLND
DEAF
MEDA
DPNA
SVAN
MAAS
Description
Wheelchair in the terminal up to the aircraft ramp
Wheelchair to the aircraft door - S - for steps
Wheelchair to/from seat
Passengers with visual impairment
Passengers with hearing impairment
For cases requiring Medical Clearance
All INCAD/MEDIF data must be included in the reservation with the corresponding SSRs
Disabled passenger with intellectual or developmental disability needing assistance assistance.
Assistance dogs for persons with physical, sensory, mental or intellectual disabilities
Passengers requesting special assistance at the airport
Once the need for a medical authorisation has been established, you must request it, indicating the passenger's name, surname, flights and contact e-mail address, together with the INCAD form duly completed and signed by the passenger's doctor.
Email: specialservices@iberia.es
Monday to Thursday 09:00 -18:30 (CEM)
Friday 09:00 - 18:00 (CEM)
Summer opening hours: (01jul-31aug)
Monday to Friday 09:00-18:00 (CEST)
• Iberia can only authorise medical cases and special services on flights marketed and operated by Iberia, Air Nostrum, Iberia Express, and Level.
• Requests and reservations for these flights must be made directly with the operating company with its code and flight number.
• Medical authorisations must be made at least 48 hours in advance for scheduled flights and 24 hours in advance for express flights. These times may be extended depending on the availability of equipment (oxygen, etc.), or on request for additional medical information.
• No ticket or MPD will be issued until Iberia has included the transport authorisation in the reservation (PNR).
• All MEDA cases authorised with oxygen requirements will only be valid for the flight(s) requested, and the cancellation must be notified and a new procedure must be carried out when dates or flights need to be changed. The rest of the authorisations will be valid as long as the medical conditions have not changed.
• The Iberia Medical Service will issue authorisations from Monday to Friday between 7am and 3pm (Madrid local time) and on Saturdays from 9am to 11am.
• Iberia will not offer stretcher service on any of its flights.
• If an ambulance service is required, it must be indicated on the INCAD form. More information in the Ambulances section.
• Iberia's medical department may request additional information on the case.
• The need for an accompanying person will be determined by what is filled out in the INCAD (medical report). Only in exceptional cases will the Medical Service decide what type of companion the passenger needs. More information in the Accompanying persons section.
• Passengers whose illness may be affected during or by the flight.
• Passengers with illnesses that may be transmitted to other passengers.
• Passengers whose illness or behaviour may be dangerous to other passengers or pose a threat to flight safety.
• Passengers under the obvious influence of alcohol, drugs or narcotics.
• Passengers who are unable to use the normal seats of the aircraft, and who are unable to put the seat back in an upright position, when required to do so at different stages of the flight.
• Passengers who have been in plaster casts in the twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled departure of their flight, in order to avoid any negative effect on the injured area due to the effect of pressurisation.
The Frequent Traveller Medical Card (FREMEC) is a temporary medical authorisation to travel with any airline. It will be available to frequent flyers who are chronically and stably ill.
FREMEC avoids the need to obtain a medical authorisation for each flight according to the conditions delineated on the card itself, and must be presented at the time of booking.
FREMEC cards may be issued by the Medical Services of IATA member airlines on the basis of a report from the same Medical Service.
Iberia will manage ambulance transit within the airport area and between terminals at Madrid airport.
Passengers requiring ambulance services at any point during their journey must state this on the INCAD form, including the name and telephone number of the ambulance service provided to facilitate access to the aircraft.
The ambulance company must contact the Iberia Customer Relations Service at the airport or handling office sufficiently in advance of the scheduled departure or arrival of the flight.
Iberia will not accept any passenger who, requiring the ambulance service, has not made the necessary preparations prior to the flight.
Iberia will offer a special oxygen service on board free of charge. The only oxygen accepted on board shall be that provided by Iberia. The request must be made at least 48 hours in advance.
• The usual dose administered will be 2l/min or 4l/min.
• Iberia will only supply oxygen on board the aircraft and, if necessary, when transferring between aircraft.
• Iberia will not supply oxygen elsewhere. Your customer must make their own arrangements until boarding and from disembarkation onwards.
• Your customer may also use their own oxygen concentrator or POC. You must check that the device meets the necessary safety features.
• They must be battery operated and flight approved.
• Their size should be around 30x30cm depending on the model. Their location in the aircraft must not take up more space than that allocated to the passenger.
• CPAP and other similar aids will be accepted.
• Iberia aircraft do not have sockets for medical aids.
• Devices such as respirators or other devices must have dry batteries.
• All devices must be able to be disconnected if required for in-flight safety reasons, and will not be accepted if their disconnection could endanger the passenger's life.
Passengers requesting a wheelchair are considered PRMs (Passengers with reduced mobility).