By Yasmine EDDAM
4 May 2025
Air travel, while making our journeys easier, can sometimes be a source of inconvenience: delays, cancellations, baggage problems or, more rarely, incidents resulting in personal injury. Fortunately, passengers are not helpless. A set of international and European rules govern airline liability and define passengers' rights. This article provides an overview of these protections to help you better understand your possible remedies. The main principles of air passenger protection Air passenger protection is based on two main pillars that define the obligations of carriers and the rights of passengers at international and European level. The importance of international conventions (Montreal) The 1999 Montreal Convention (successor to the Warsaw Convention) establishes a uniform legal framework for air carrier liability in the event of damage caused to passengers, baggage and goods during carriage...
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