A Study on Compensation for Flight Delay: Judicial Practice in the European Union
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摘要: 航班延误引发的纠纷一直困扰着各国的航空公司与立法机构.2004年,欧共体颁布第261/2004号条例,首次以立法形式明确航空公司应当为航班延误进行赔付.它标志着欧盟试图在《蒙特利尔公约》框架之外搭建一套更有利于保护航空旅客权益的制度.随后欧洲法院经历了Sturgeon等四个重要的相关案例,巩固并完善了该赔付制度.中国近期航班延误纠纷频发,亟需走出"闹事方可拿赔付"的恶性循环,建立妥善的纠纷解决机制.Abstract: Disputes caused by flight delays had bothered world airlines and legislative institutions for a long time. In 2004, for the first time, European Community passed the NO. 261/2004 Regulation to deal with the issue, specifying that airlines were liable to pay compensation to passengers whose flights are delayed. It proves that the EU tries to set up a legal regime conducive to passengers' rights outside of the framework of the Montreal Convention. Later, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled four vital cases, such as Sturgeon, consolidating and perfecting the compensation system. Recently, carrier-passenger disputes happened frequently in China. Chinese are in urgent need of a proper resolution to get out of the affray-compensation vicious circle. There are four aspects of the EU's judicial practice for the purpose of getting some lessons and enlightenments on Chinese aviation: establish Chinese delay compensation system; specify the carriers- obligation of notification; identify the administration; properly balance the interest of the carriers and the passengers.
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Keywords:
- aviation law /
- European Union /
- The Montreal Convention /
- flight delay
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