Russia's accession to the Montreal Convention 1999
With seven new accessions in 2017 (Chad, Indonesia, Mauritius,
Russia, Sudan, Thailand and Uganda), the number of parties to the
Montreal Convention 1999 has grown to 130, making this key air
carrier liability treaty one of the most successful instruments in
the field of international air law. Among the recent signatories,
Russia and Thailand (as to which see the following article)
represent two significant international air transport markets which
have now joined the majority of leading aviation nations
participating in the Convention.
The Montreal Convention modernises the Warsaw Convention regime
and revises liability limits to ensure adequate compensation of
passengers in the event of carrier liability. Although the Russian
Federation was an original signatory of both the Warsaw Convention
1929 and the Hague Protocol 1955, and actively participated in the
development of the Montreal Convention between 1995 and
