Legal Protection for the Passenger in the Field of Air Transport

Abstract

Through this study, we are trying to address the most important features of the air transport contract in terms of the legal protection for the traveler and what internal laws adopted in the wake of international agreements that focused on that protection, in accordance with the importance the air transport contract represents in contemporary times and the fast, easy and safe alternative it has become to land and sea transport. We divided that study into two sections. In the first section, we addressed the incidents that could occur during the implementation of an air transport contract, whether air accidents or air piracy operations. In the second section, we discussed the legal protection of the traveler in the field of air transport and the liability resulting from breaching it, and we explained the legal protection in Internal laws and the search, rescue and investigation carried out by the competent local authorities in air accidents and their consequences on the traveler’s right to compensation when an accident or imminent danger occurs, as well as a statement of the legal liability resulting from a breach of the traveler’s legal protection in the field of air transport from By explaining the nature and types of this responsibility, we concluded the research with some conclusions and proposals, trying as much as possible to become familiar with the subject of the study. We hope that the Iraqi legal development in air transport will follow the lines of the legislation that surrounds us, in line with the technical and technical development of means of transport and the importance and volume of trade represented by air transport and reliance on it in all matters. Continents of the world today.