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Update on European Commission’s proposal to reform airline passenger rights regulation 261

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • March 18 2013

Last week the European Commission published proposed revisions to Regulation 261 which would be the first change to the regulation since it was

Islamic aircraft financing

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 26 2013

Islamic finance is broadly perceived as a way of managing money by taking into account Islamic religious requirements - Namely the Shariah. Shariah

The passenger as master of the journey: connecting flights under the 1999 Montreal Convention

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • February 26 2013

Article 19 of the 1999 Montreal Convention provides that "the carrier is liable for damage occasioned by delay in the carriage by air of passengers"

ACG v Olympic Airlines: the meaning of “airworthiness” and the “as-is, where-is” principle

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 18 2013

The process for delivering an aircraft within a standard commercial operating lease generally has two key components. The lessee is responsible for

Regulation 261 in practice after ECJ Grand Chamber's decision on Sturgeon

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • February 18 2013

Following on from our publication in October 2012 of the ECJ decision on passengers rights to compensation under Regulation (EC) 2612004, we look at

OFT concludes that there are no grounds for action in respect of Cathay PacificVirgin Atlantic information exchange

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • February 6 2013

On 14 December, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) announced that it had no grounds for action in relation to allegations of fixing of passenger fares

Single European Sky - clear skies ahead?

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • June 23 2011

Europe has moved a step closer to a system of unified air traffic control (ATC) following an announcement by the European Commission-sponsored group, the SESAR Joint Undertaking, which is responsible for co-ordinating the project, that the first components of the Single European Sky (SES) will be made available before the end of this year

Stop press - Airline Passenger Duty

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 30 2011

The UK Government has recently announced that it has dropped its plan to replace Airline Passenger Duty with a per aircraft tax as such a tax could be in breach of the Chicago Convention

Investigation of air accidents and serious incidents

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • March 30 2011

EU Regulation 9962010 ("the Regulation") came into effect on 2 December 2010 and replaces Directive 9456EC

Modifications of the Spanish Air Security Act

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • March 30 2011

The Act 12011, which entered into force last Sunday (i.e. March 6), has introduced a series of modifications in the Spanish Air Security Act 212003, and also established the "State Plan of Operational Security in Civil Aviation" in compliance with the requirements of both the ICAO and the EU, especially those introduced by the Regulation (EU) 9962010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 on the investigation and prevention in civil aviation and repealing Directive 9456CE

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