Compliance of the Eu Legal Acts With Montreal Convention (Mc99) on Universal Liability Regime for International Carriage by Air-Importance for Sustainable Tourism Worldwide

Entire set of the different international treaty regimes covering airline liability that had developed since 1929 has been unified by this Convention into a single legal act regulating airline liability worldwide. Thus, importance of such a regulation and protection of passenger’s rights is obvious in terms of sustainable tourism development and consistency.
Significance of the Montreal Convention (in further text: MC99) has been recognized not only by individual states globally, but also by the European Union itself. According to Chapter VII, Article 53, the MC99 is open for signature not only by single states, but also by any Regional Economic Integration Organizations. The EU has taken advantage over that opportunity and introduced Regulation 889/2002 which fully corresponds to the MC99. Recognizing some shortcomings, the EU made amendments and introduced the Regulation 261/2004.
This article aims to focus on compliance of the EU legal acts with the MC99, in cases of passenger’s death or injury, delay in scheduled routes, denied boarding, upgrading and downgrading in cases the air carrier places a passenger in a seat not previously reserved by the passenger. This means that authors have focused on protection of passengers’ rights and support for sustainable tourism development worldwide.