Carriage of Goods by Air

Abstract

This Chapter seeks to examine the scheme of liability for damage to cargo during carriage by air as established by the Warsaw System mainly comprising the 1929 International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air (the Warsaw Convention) and the Hague Protocol of 1955 Amending the Warsaw Convention (Hague Protocol); the 1999 Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air (the Montreal Convention). In discussing the key provisions of these international instruments, the emphasis is placed on the liability of the carrier for damage to cargo. The chapter first explains certain key terms used in the context and then proceeds to examine the liability schemes established by the Warsaw System of treaties and the Montreal Convention.