Here is the list of the airlines that provide sign language airline staff use to communicate with the hearing-impaired passengers. You can find different type of “sign languages” on the badges under the staff names on their uniforms.
- Air Canada (Badge reads ASL with fingers spelling)
- Air China
- American Airlines (Badge reads ASL)
- ANA (All Nippon Airways) – Japan
- British Airways
- China Eastern Airlines
- Delta (Badge reads ASL and other sign languages)
- Japan Airlines (Pink badge with one hand that says I Love You/airplane symbol)
- Lufthansa
- Qantas (Badge with two hands that shows “sign language interpreter” symbol)
- Turkish Airlines (Red badge with two hands that shows “I know sign language”)
- United Airlines
- Virgin Atlantic (British Sign Language only)
- Virgin Australia (Badge with two hands that shows “sign language interpreter” symbol)
Extra: When you are watching the inflight safety demonstration that talks about where the emergency exits are, how to wear a lift jacket and how to use an oxygen mask, you can see a small sign language interpreter somewhere at the corner of the screen in most Asian airlines.
Inflight Disability Information 