Airlines don’t accommodate requests from passengers with food allergies, study shows.

A new study published in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology has revealed that airlines do not always accommodate the requests of people with food allergies during flights.

Food allergy sufferers say airlines promise to protect their health and take necessary measures but then fail to deliver. UPI.

20% said they were promised cabin announcements about food allergies that didn’t happen, while 17% said the airline promised them allergen-free buffer zones that weren’t there.

The most dire situation for a person with food allergies would be not having allergy-free and safe food options while at several thousand feet in the sky, and according to research, 23 percent of people experienced this where they was promised to be allergy free. Food that was not served.

“We’re not asking for the moon and the stars, we’re just asking for the proper accommodations that are promised before the trip to be honored at 30,000 feet,” notes the study’s co-author, the nonprofit Note Traveler. said Leanne Mandelbaum, founder of

“On every flight, it’s uncertain if and how crew members will accommodate nut allergies, and that adds tremendous unnecessary stress,” Mandelbaum said.

“Flying with a food allergy is like a game of roulette, with each flight taking a random spin around the wheel,” added the co-author.

Researchers surveyed more than 4,700 individual patients and families from around the world to assess their concerns about food allergies and flying.

Patients with food allergies said they were most concerned about whether an airline would honor the accommodations arranged and negotiated during the ticket booking process.

They also said they were concerned about carrying EpiPens or allergy-protected foods being confiscated or contaminated by airport security checks or customs agents.

Mendelbaum said she has heard from people with food allergies who have been kicked off flights after asking for cabin announcements and being ridiculed by air hostesses and fellow passengers for their health concerns. was

“When you get to the gate and everyone acts like you’re crazy for bringing it, it’s a terrifying experience,” he said in a Northwestern news release.