Air Transport

Warsaw Convention

Air Waybill I The air waybill must specify the place of departure and destination; if within a single territory, any one of any stops outside the territory; notice that if the carriage involves destination or a stop in a country other than the country of departure, that the amended Warsaw Convention may be applicable and that in most cases, it limits the liability of the carrier in respect of loss or damage to cargo.… Read the rest

Overview

Warsaw Convention The international carriage of passengers and goods by air is governed by a number of Conventions. Most derive from the Warsaw Convention 1929 which sought to create a uniform system of rules for international carriage by air.… Read the rest

Montreal Obligations

Air waybill In respect of the carriage of cargo, an air waybill shall be delivered. Any other means which preserves a record of the carriage to be performed may be substituted for the delivery of an air waybill.… Read the rest

Montreal Convention

Air Transport Conventions I The Warsaw Convention deals with the limitation of liability for loss and damage incurred by passengers and cargo in air transport. The first Warsaw Convention made in 1929 was the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air.… Read the rest

Montreal Claims

Basis of Claim In the carriage of passengers, baggage and cargo, any action for damages, however founded, whether under the Convention or in contract or in tort or otherwise, can only be brought subject to the conditions and such limits of liability as are set out in the Convention without prejudice to the question as to who are the persons who have the right to bring suit and what are their respective rights.… Read the rest

Conventions

Amended Warsaw Convention

Amended Warsaw Convention The international carriage of passengers and goods by air is governed by a number of Conventions. Most derive from the Warsaw Convention 1929 which sought to create a uniform system of rules for international carriage by air.… Read the rest