Thailand became the 127th country to ratify the Montreal Convention, earlier this month, that identifies an airline’s liability to its customers.
Earlier this month, Thailand became the 127th party to ratify the Montreal Convention of 1999 when the instrument of accession was deposited with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). It is expected to come into force in Thailand in October 2017.
IATA says MC99 modernises and replaces the limits on liability set by the Warsaw Convention, which was established in 1929 and was last amended in 1975.
Established in 1999, travellers could be forgiven for thinking Thailand’s airlines were already adhering to all the convention’s facets of customer and passenger care.
According to IATA, the Montreal Convention (MC99) addresses issues that were left uncovered in the Warsaw Convention.
The Thai Civil and Commercial Code (the Thai CCC), which previously governed aviation related claims, provides that any documents, ticket or receipt delivered by the carrier to the passenger excluding or limiting the liability of the carrier is void unless the passenger expressly agreed to such exclusion of limitation of liability.
Prior to Thailand’s ratification of MC99, in order to rely on liability limits for baggage or delay claims, carriers would need to prove that the passenger had been given…
