Secondary Rights of Passengers

Abstract

This chapter is fully dedicated to the protection of secondary rights of air passengers. It provides the definition of these rights and describes their nature. It also gives a panoramic overview of International legal framework governing their safeguard. While Chaps. 2–4 concern the provisions of the Montreal Convention, as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2027/97 (now Regulation (EC) No 889/2002) which extends its applicability to all Community air carriers, with some supplementary provisions, aimed at protecting primary rights of passengers and providing detailed rules for payment in the case of death or injuries, this chapter examines the Regulation only with regard to its provisions on secondary rights, as previously defined. The instances considered by the Montreal Convention are delays in the carriage of passengers and baggage and the destruction, loss or damage to the latter.