Legal Implications of Airline Co-Operation: Some Legal Issues and Consequences Arising from the Rise of Airline Strategic Alliances and Integration in the International Dimension

Posted: 12 Jan 2005

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Sivakant Tiwari

Attorney-General's Chambers of Singapore

Warren Chik

Singapore Management University - Yong Pung How School of Law; Singapore Management University - Centre for AI & Data Governance

Abstract

The current legal regime lags behind economic realities and there is a need for faster changes in the law, domestic and international, to reflect these developments. This paper first focuses on legal issues arising from the most popular form of airline alliance, namely the allocation of civil liability for breach of contract and air disaster cases in code-sharing arrangements. Secondly, some examples will be given of the legal effects of strategic alliances and airline integration on the evolution of bilateral air services negotiations and agreements. Finally, some interesting legal considerations will be made on the potential harmonisation of laws in relation to the international air transport order. As the commercial methods and repercussions from airline co-operation [are] dynamic and multi-faceted, this paper is not meant to be exhaustive but will hopefully provoke further thought and discourse on these issues within the aviation legal community.

Keywords: Aviation law, bilateral air services agreements, civil liability for breach of contract and air disasters in code-sharing arrangements, contract law

JEL Classification: K12, K13, K29, K33

Suggested Citation

Tiwari, Sivakant and Chik, Warren Bartholomew Kam Wai, Legal Implications of Airline Co-Operation: Some Legal Issues and Consequences Arising from the Rise of Airline Strategic Alliances and Integration in the International Dimension. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=647782

Sivakant Tiwari (Contact Author)

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Warren Bartholomew Kam Wai Chik

Singapore Management University - Yong Pung How School of Law ( email )

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HOME PAGE: http://www.business.smu.edu.sg/law

Singapore Management University - Centre for AI & Data Governance ( email )

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