Warsaw Convention

As aviation is progressing and passenger transportation was becoming more frequent, it was necessary to adopt rules to this means of transportation.

This is a convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air, Signed at Warsaw on 12 October 1929 (Warsaw Convention).

This Convention applies to all international carriage of persons, luggage or goods performed by aircraft for reward. It applies equally to gratuitous carriage by aircraft performed by an air transport undertaking.

International civil aviation agreement that establishes the legal framework for carriage of passengers, luggage (baggage) and goods (cargo). It covers conditions of carriage that define liability of the carrier in case of loss, damage, injury or death due to accident on international flights, and spell out procedures for claims and restitution; also lays down out the requirements for format and content of air transport documents (passenger, tickets, luggage tickets, air consignment notes, etc. Signed in 1929 in Warsaw – Poland – by 31 States, it has involved into one of the most important instruments of private international law adhered by 105 signatory nations.

In other words, it comes of carrier restrictions, what would be an act of omission or non-compliance, international standards of maintenance, the companies should have objective character of compensation due to the risk of its activity.

Commanders become agents of the company: rid the company to repay beyond what is required. It is up to the commander logbooks custody and all books on board and would have the prerogative to save his life to study the contributing factors in accidents.

The carrier is liable for damage occasioned by delay in the carriage by air of passengers, luggage or goods.

The company should stick to the airworthiness standards: both equipment as pilots would study objects (sleep, alcohol usage, workload). Insurance would be mandatory or not? This convention was the birthplace of air investigations.