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Air Travel, Accidents And Injuries: Why The New Montreal Convention Is Already Outdated, Andrew Field Apr 2005

Air Travel, Accidents And Injuries: Why The New Montreal Convention Is Already Outdated, Andrew Field

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The 1999 Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air (the "Montreal Convention") came into force in 2003. It is the latest in a series of attempts to replace a number of variations on the 1929 Warsaw Convention with a single agreement which regulates the rights and liabilities of international air carriers, their passengers and shippers. At the time, the Montreal Convention was hailed as providing better protection and compensation for victims of air accidents. However despite its recent adoption, in relation to claims for death and personal injuries the Montreal Convention is still firmly planted …