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GX Airlines
Powered chairs need the airline’s prior approval · carried free · 48 h notice.
- Advance notice
- 48hours before departure
- Powered wheelchair
- Conditional
- Lithium, battery installed
- Not published
- Cost to carry
- Free
Who to contact
Transcribed from the airline’s own pages, exactly as it labels them.
- PhoneChina (domestic) — 24-hour service hotline 9537024 hours (北部湾航空24小时客服热线)
- PhoneHong Kong / Macau / Taiwan and international hotline
- PhoneChina — Service complaints line (published as 0771-5573987)
- Email客户意见受理邮箱 — Customer feedback mailbox
- Relay / textGX runs a website live chat (在线客服) linked from every policy page. Reservations for passengers with disabilities may also be made through the Hainan Airlines APP / WeChat mini-program online customer service (海南航空APP/小程序在线客服). No TTY or text relay is published.在线客服 — Online customer service chat
GX publishes no separate accessibility desk: everything goes through the 24-hour hotline 95370 (or +86 89895370 from outside the mainland). Bookings for passengers with disabilities cannot be made on the website — they must go through the hotline, the Hainan Airlines app/mini-program online chat, a GX ticket office or an authorised agent, and a 《特殊旅客服务需求单》 (special-service requirement form) must be completed. WCHC wheelchair passengers cannot use online or self-service check-in and must go to a staffed counter. The whole site is Chinese-only; there is no English version.
Read it from the source
Powered wheelchairs & batteries
The part that goes wrong. Battery chemistry and watt-hours decide whether your chair flies, and the rules differ depending on whether the battery can be removed.
'电动轮椅应托运,具备乘机条件的残疾人托运电动轮椅,应在普通旅客办理乘机手续截止前2小时交运,并符合危险品航空运输的相关规定' — an electric wheelchair must be checked, handed over no later than 2 hours before the normal check-in deadline, and must comply with the dangerous-goods rules. Both Conditions of Carriage list '旅客旅行途中使用的电动轮椅' among restricted items which GX accepts only under strict quantity and packaging conditions '并经北部湾航空同意' — and with GX's agreement.
北部湾航空残疾人运输服务方案 — GX Airlines Air Transport Service Plan for Passengers with Disabilities (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29 国内运输总条件 — Domestic General Conditions of Carriage (PDF) (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29 国际运输总条件 — International General Conditions of Carriage (PDF) (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29
Not published. GX's dangerous-goods page twice writes '电动轮椅使用的锂电池另有规定' — lithium batteries used by electric wheelchairs are separately regulated — but the page's own '关于携带锂电池乘机的规定' (rules on carrying lithium batteries) section is empty, and no wheelchair lithium rule is published anywhere else on the site.
《旅客禁止/限制携带行李物品、危险品有关规定》 — Prohibited and restricted items / dangerous goods (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29
Not published. Do not read GX's 100 Wh / 160 Wh figures as wheelchair limits: they govern power banks and portable electronics and are expressly carved out with '电动轮椅使用的锂电池另有规定'. ICAO/IATA defaults apply — see global rules.
《旅客禁止/限制携带行李物品、危险品有关规定》 — Prohibited and restricted items / dangerous goods (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29
Not published — GX gives no watt-hour cap for a battery removed from a wheelchair and no instruction on whether such a battery travels in the cabin.
Not published for wheelchairs. GX's only published watt-hour figures are the general ones: power banks over 160 Wh are forbidden, those over 100 Wh need carrier approval, and no more than two per passenger — again with the express exception '电动轮椅使用的锂电池另有规定'.
《旅客禁止/限制携带行李物品、危险品有关规定》 — Prohibited and restricted items / dangerous goods (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29 国内运输总条件 — Domestic General Conditions of Carriage (PDF) (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29
Not published for wheelchairs. Spare lithium batteries and power banks must never be checked ('备用锂电池、充电宝等' are on the must-not-be-checked list) and no more than two power banks may be carried per passenger — a general portable-electronics rule GX does not extend to wheelchair batteries.
《旅客禁止/限制携带行李物品、危险品有关规定》 — Prohibited and restricted items / dangerous goods (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29 国内运输总条件 — Domestic General Conditions of Carriage (PDF) (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29
Not published — GX does not say whether a wheelchair battery must be removed and carried in the cabin.
Not published — GX makes no statement about gel, AGM, sealed lead-acid or dry-cell wheelchair batteries.
Not published — GX publishes no rule for spillable/wet-battery wheelchairs, and no upright-carriage, container or removal requirement for them.
Not published for wheelchair batteries. GX's only terminal-insulation instruction is for power banks ('裸露电极贴胶带绝缘'). The service plan does require the carrier to package the assistive device and any detached parts properly to prevent loss and damage: '为防止丢失和损坏,承运人应将助残设备及其拆卸下的部件进行适当包装.'
北部湾航空残疾人运输服务方案 — GX Airlines Air Transport Service Plan for Passengers with Disabilities (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29 《旅客禁止/限制携带行李物品、危险品有关规定》 — Prohibited and restricted items / dangerous goods (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29
Not published for the battery. GX asks for no battery specification sheet, MSDS, manufacturer label or UN 38.3 certificate for a wheelchair. It does require the passenger paperwork described in research.notes (special-service requirement form, and a medical certificate in defined cases).
北部湾航空残疾人运输服务方案 — GX Airlines Air Transport Service Plan for Passengers with Disabilities (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29
Not published — no maximum dimensions for a powered wheelchair and no hold-door figures for the A320 or E190 fleet.
Not published — GX sets no weight limit for a powered wheelchair.
The service plan's handover rule covers all checked assistive devices, including an electric wheelchair: the carrier must accept and return them near the cabin door, must unload them first from the hold and deliver them to the cabin door as soon as possible, and must honour a request to collect the device at the baggage-claim area instead.
北部湾航空残疾人运输服务方案 — GX Airlines Air Transport Service Plan for Passengers with Disabilities (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29
An electric wheelchair must be surrendered 2 hours before the ordinary check-in deadline, and WCHC wheelchair passengers cannot use online or self-service check-in at all — allow far more airport time than usual. GX's failure to publish the wheelchair-battery rules it says exist ('电动轮椅使用的锂电池另有规定') is the single biggest gap in this record: call 95370 and get the Wh limit in writing before travelling.
Manual wheelchairs
'承运人不得将下表中规定的、具备乘机条件的残疾人带进客舱的助残设备作为随身携带物品进行限制' — the carrier may not restrict the listed aids as carry-on items; the list for physical disability is 助行器 (walking frame), 拐杖 (crutches), 折叠轮椅 (folding wheelchair) and 假肢 (prosthesis). Where the cabin has no stowage space, the aid is checked free.
北部湾航空残疾人运输服务方案 — GX Airlines Air Transport Service Plan for Passengers with Disabilities (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29 国际运输总条件 — International General Conditions of Carriage (PDF) (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29
A folding wheelchair (折叠轮椅) is on GX's published list of assistive devices that may be brought into the cabin. '客舱内有存放设施和空间的,按照先到先存放的原则办理' — where the cabin has stowage facilities and space, first come first stowed, subject to CAAC security and dangerous-goods rules. '客舱内没有存放设施或空间的,应将助残设备免费托运.'
北部湾航空残疾人运输服务方案 — GX Airlines Air Transport Service Plan for Passengers with Disabilities (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29 国际运输总条件 — International General Conditions of Carriage (PDF) (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29
Not published — GX describes in-cabin stowage of a folding wheelchair on a first-come, first-served basis but publishes no closet or stowage dimensions.
Not published — GX publishes no maximum wheelchair dimensions and no hold-door aperture for its Airbus A320-family or Embraer E190 aircraft.
Not published — GX sets no weight limit for a wheelchair or mobility aid; assistive equipment is explicitly excluded from the free baggage allowance calculation rather than capped.
行李须知 — Baggage notice (free allowances, disabled passengers' equipment) (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29
'除另有规定外,承运人应在靠近客舱门的地方接受托运和交回助残设备,以便具备乘机条件的残疾人能尽可能使用自己的助残设备' — unless otherwise provided, the carrier shall accept and return checked assistive devices close to the cabin door so the passenger can use their own device as far as possible. '托运的助残设备如需使用,应从货舱中最先取出,并尽快送到客舱门交给具备乘机条件的残疾人.' A passenger who prefers to collect the device in the baggage-claim area may ask for that, and aids have carriage priority over other cargo and baggage and must travel on the same aircraft as the passenger.
北部湾航空残疾人运输服务方案 — GX Airlines Air Transport Service Plan for Passengers with Disabilities (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29
Capacity cap: GX carries a maximum of 4 unaccompanied restricted passengers per flight (passengers who would need help in an emergency evacuation, expressly including wheelchair users, blind passengers and service-dog users). On the E190 the combined total of unaccompanied restricted passengers and unaccompanied minors may not exceed 6; on the A320 it may not exceed 8; where the two compete, restricted passengers take priority over unaccompanied minors. Book early — this quota, not the aircraft door, is the usual reason a wheelchair user is refused.
Booking & cost
'限制旅客必须在航班离站48小时以前提出乘机要求(携带辅助动物的旅客及担架旅客除外),北部湾航空在24小时内明确给予承运的答复' — restricted passengers must request carriage at least 48 hours before departure and GX answers within 24 hours. The list of who this covers begins '旅客携带的妥善包装轮椅或者其他辅助设备(电池为危险品材料)' — passengers carrying a properly packed wheelchair or other assistive device whose battery is a dangerous good — and includes WCHC wheelchair passengers. Service animals 24 h, stretcher 72 h. Those passengers must also reach the check-in counter 2 hours before the normal check-in deadline.
北部湾航空残疾人运输服务方案 — GX Airlines Air Transport Service Plan for Passengers with Disabilities (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29
'残疾人旅客应按广西北部湾航空规定的程序办理定座和购票手续,其定座购票手续需通过北部湾航空客服热线(95370)、海南航空APP/小程序在线客服、北部湾航空直属售票处或授权的代理售票处办理.' The passenger must tell GX the nature of the disability and the assistance required at the time of booking; GX must pass the information to the departure, arrival and stopover airports and their ground handlers at least 24 hours before scheduled departure.
北部湾航空残疾人运输服务方案 — GX Airlines Air Transport Service Plan for Passengers with Disabilities (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29 特殊旅客 — Special passengers (disabled, sick, elderly, stretcher, wheelchair) (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29
Domestic baggage rules: '残疾人因行程所需的辅助及医疗设备免费托运' — assistive and medical equipment needed for the journey is checked free and does not count against the free baggage allowance. The service plan adds that listed aids may be taken into the cabin and, '客舱内没有存放设施或空间的,应将助残设备免费托运' — where there is no cabin space they must be checked free of charge.
北部湾航空残疾人运输服务方案 — GX Airlines Air Transport Service Plan for Passengers with Disabilities (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29 行李须知 — Baggage notice (free allowances, disabled passengers' equipment) (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29
GX's international baggage rule states '残疾旅客免费额,可免费携带一个轮椅或者其他的协助行走的设备' — a disabled passenger may carry one wheelchair or other walking aid free. The service plan is more generous: the listed aids (walking frame, crutches, folding wheelchair, prosthesis, hearing aids, cochlear implant, white cane, low-vision aids) may all be taken into the cabin, or checked free if there is no cabin space, and '为残疾旅客办理助残设备托运时还可免费托运1件上述表格规定外的助残设备' — one further assistive device outside that table may also be checked free.
北部湾航空残疾人运输服务方案 — GX Airlines Air Transport Service Plan for Passengers with Disabilities (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29 行李须知 — Baggage notice (free allowances, disabled passengers' equipment) (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29 国际运输总条件 — International General Conditions of Carriage (PDF) (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29
International Conditions of Carriage: '残疾人旅客的电池驱动轮椅在运输过程中发生丢失、损坏,不受目前该条航线国际公约所列明赔偿责任限制,赔偿费用参照电池驱动轮椅设备的原始价格赔偿(旅客交运时已有损坏且签署免责书的部分除外)' — loss or damage to a disabled passenger's battery-powered wheelchair is not subject to the convention liability limits and is compensated by reference to the equipment's original price. General checked-baggage liability is 17 SDR/kg (332 SDR cabin). Domestically, compensation follows the PRC Civil Aviation Law, invoice price less 15% depreciation a year. The service plan also bars waivers of the right to claim for a damaged or lost aid.
北部湾航空残疾人运输服务方案 — GX Airlines Air Transport Service Plan for Passengers with Disabilities (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29 国内运输总条件 — Domestic General Conditions of Carriage (PDF) (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29 国际运输总条件 — International General Conditions of Carriage (PDF) (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29
On board
The cabin-service section says crew may '协助使用机上轮椅(如有)往返卫生间' — assist the passenger to use the on-board wheelchair, if one is carried, to and from the lavatory. The parenthesis '如有' (if available) is GX's own; it does not say which aircraft carry an aisle chair.
北部湾航空残疾人运输服务方案 — GX Airlines Air Transport Service Plan for Passengers with Disabilities (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29
Not stated, despite a table that ought to say so. GX publishes a per-aircraft accessibility table whose lavatory column is headed '卫生间的便利性(航空器内有无无障碍卫生间、具体位置)' — whether there is an accessible lavatory on board and where — yet the entries only read '三个厕所' (three lavatories) or '前厕所和左后厕所' for the A320s, and the E190 row is blank. GX therefore never actually claims a wheelchair-accessible lavatory.
北部湾航空残疾人运输服务方案 — GX Airlines Air Transport Service Plan for Passengers with Disabilities (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29
'乘务员可向有需要的残疾人提供以下服务:1.协助移动到座位或从座位离开;2.协助做就餐准备,例如打开包装、识别食品及食品摆放位置;3.协助使用机上轮椅(如有)往返卫生间;4.协助有部分行走能力的残疾人往返卫生间;5.协助放置和取回随身携带物品.' Crew are expressly NOT required to feed the passenger, to assist inside the lavatory or with toileting at the seat, or to provide medical services.
北部湾航空残疾人运输服务方案 — GX Airlines Air Transport Service Plan for Passengers with Disabilities (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29
GX publishes a per-registration table of '带活动扶手的座位' (movable-armrest seats) and '受限座位' (seats not offered to disabled passengers). The restricted seats are row 31 and the emergency-exit rows on the A320s, and the first row and row 13 on the E190. The table notes that apart from exit-row seats, the restriction applies only to passengers who board by aisle chair and cannot easily transfer over a fixed armrest.
北部湾航空残疾人运输服务方案 — GX Airlines Air Transport Service Plan for Passengers with Disabilities (opens in a new tab) · read 2026-07-29
Fleet detail. GX operates Airbus A320-family aircraft (registrations B-8655, B-8733, B-8511, B-32QU, B-8388, B-8851, B-304X, B-304W, B-306Q, B-306R, B-6670, B-32DD, B-6768, B-6940, B-6817, B-32J2, B-32J1, B-32MK, B-32MJ are listed in its accessibility table) and Embraer E190s. No hold-door aperture or maximum wheelchair size is published for either type. Stretcher carriage is A320-only and only from Haikou and Nanning.
Worth knowing
GX Airlines (广西北部湾航空 / Guangxi Beibu Gulf Airlines, a Hainan Airlines group carrier) publishes a full 残疾人运输服务方案 built on the CAAC's 《残疾人航空运输管理办法》, and it is unusually strong on handling: aids must be accepted and returned at the cabin door, unloaded first, given priority over other cargo, and the carrier is forbidden from asking a disabled passenger to sign away the right to claim for a damaged or lost aid. The international Conditions of Carriage go further than almost any airline in this dataset: a disabled passenger's battery-powered wheelchair lost or damaged in carriage is compensated 'by reference to the original price of the equipment' and is expressly outside the convention liability limits. The gaping hole is batteries. The dangerous-goods page says twice that 'lithium batteries used by electric wheelchairs are separately regulated' and then never publishes those regulations — the site's own 'rules on carrying lithium batteries' tab is empty. So there is no published Wh cap, no removal rule, no terminal-protection instruction and no spare allowance for a wheelchair; the 100 Wh / 160 Wh figures on the site are power-bank rules and are expressly carved out. Anyone flying a lithium power chair on GX must get the limit from 95370 in writing. Three other things a human should check: (1) the 特殊旅客 page says a disabled passenger must supply a 《医疗诊断证明书》 medical certificate at booking, while the service plan says one is required only where in-flight medical oxygen is needed or where GX reasonably believes the passenger cannot fly safely without extra medical assistance — a real contradiction that could get someone turned away at a ticket office; (2) the hard cap of 4 unaccompanied passengers needing evacuation assistance per flight (E190: 4, and no more than 6 including unaccompanied minors; A320: 4, no more than 8), which makes late booking risky; (3) the per-aircraft table that is headed 'whether there is an accessible lavatory' but only ever answers with a count of lavatories. Practical points: an electric wheelchair must be handed over 2 hours before the normal check-in cut-off, WCHC passengers cannot check in online or at a kiosk, and the whole site is Chinese-only with no English version. All values here were read from GX's Chinese pages and PDFs and translated.
Sources
Every figure above traces to one of these.
- s1 北部湾航空残疾人运输服务方案 — GX Airlines Air Transport Service Plan for Passengers with Disabilities (opens in a new tab) · official · read 2026-07-29
- s2 特殊旅客 — Special passengers (disabled, sick, elderly, stretcher, wheelchair) (opens in a new tab) · official · read 2026-07-29
- s3 行李须知 — Baggage notice (free allowances, disabled passengers' equipment) (opens in a new tab) · official · read 2026-07-29
- s4 《旅客禁止/限制携带行李物品、危险品有关规定》 — Prohibited and restricted items / dangerous goods (opens in a new tab) · official · read 2026-07-29
- s5 国内运输总条件 — Domestic General Conditions of Carriage (PDF) (opens in a new tab) · official · read 2026-07-29
- s6 国际运输总条件 — International General Conditions of Carriage (PDF) (opens in a new tab) · official · read 2026-07-29
Record quality
Record status researched · confidence medium · 6 official sources · 5 contacts · 43% of the fields this reference tracks are answered. Newest source read 29 July 2026, the day before this page was built. What these mean.