By Yasmine EDDAM
22 April 2025
Perhaps you have already travelled on a charter flight for your holidays, or your company has organised a specific trip for a team. Behind these situations often lies a special contractual mechanism: air charter. Although common in the world of transport, this contract remains little known to the general public and even to some professionals. Yet it is essential to understand how it works, because it entails specific obligations and raises complex questions about liability in the event of an incident. What exactly is air chartering? In simple terms, it's the provision of an aircraft and crew. This precision is fundamental and distinguishes it from other contracts. But beyond this definition, how does chartering work in practice? What are the obligations of the party supplying the aircraft (the charterer) and the party using it (the charterer)? And, above all, who is liable if damage occurs, whether to...