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Air Travel

More than any other form of transport or indeed service, air travel gives rise to a whole range of legal issues. We have extensive, day to day specialist experience of dealing with all aspects of licencing, contracting, advertising, selling and operating flights and ancillary services including:-

  • CAA licensing requirements
  • ATOL Regulations, Standard Terms and Guidance Notes
  • international conventions such as

    • Warsaw Convention (amended or unamended)
    • Montreal Convention

  • relationship between International Convention and UK legislation
  • liability for death and personal injury for carriers, tour operators and others selling flights
  • limitation of liability
  • claims not covered by international convention
  • luggage and delay claims
  • EU Regulations such as

    • air carrier liability in the event of accidents
    • denied boarding
    • identity of operating air carrier (“blacklisted airlines”)

  • DVT
  • disability discrimination
  • disruptive passengers
  • passengers refused boarding or entry at destination or en route
  • aircraft charter and ATOL to ATOL seat sales

For further information, please contact us on 0113 242 4444 or email advice@mb-law.co.uk