The new edition of the safety briefing card, a collaboration between ITA Airways and Enac (Italian Civil Aviation Authority), is a support for blind and visually impaired passengers.
Braille and high-contrast characters
The briefing card in Italian and English, which will be available on board the company’s entire fleet by 2025, provides safety information in Braille with tactile figures for the blind and high-contrast characters for the visually impaired. With UV printing, and thanks to the use of multi-sensory and innovative technologies, the card will include texts and colours suitable for the visually impaired, Braille texts, 3D figures showing emergency exits, cabin layout, use of seat belts, emergency positions, use of life jackets and oxygen masks.
“It is a small step, but it expresses a laudable will”
Among the first to express his satisfaction was the Italian artist Andrea Bocelli: “I celebrate Enac's initiative to equip the entire fleet with safety briefing cards in Braille. It is a small step, but it expresses a laudable will in the direction of increasingly full independence for the blind.”
Sustainability is a fundamental pillar for ITA Airways
‘This project sees us once again working together with institutions to achieve a common goal; this time by significantly improving the service offered to the visually impaired and increasing in-flight safety for all passengers,- said Antonino Turicchi, ITA Airways’ president. -Sustainability is a fundamental pillar for ITA Airways, just as it is a responsibility towards the environment and our customers.” ‘This new safety briefing card,- said Enac’s president Pierluigi Di Palma, -is a further tool dedicated to the inclusion and autonomy of all passengers, even those with visual impairments who, with these aids, will be able to experience air travel in serenity. ENAC has always stood by passengers, ensuring their freedom to fly with confidence."
