In virtue of technology development and progress in
international economic and also political relations, the air
transportation has become a preferable transportation type in the
world. Despite of technical developments in aviation and high
security of aircraft, aviation accidents, thereby the liability of
air carriers have become unavoidable. This article is intended to
provide a general information regarding air carrier liabilities for
death or bodily injury arising from aviation accidents in domestic
and international flights.
Liability of Air Carrier in Domestic Flights
Civil Liability
The article 106 of Turkish Civil Aviation Act (TCAA) is taken as
basis regarding the national air transportations. Accordingly, the
TCAA is applied for domestic flights. In cases which are not
enacted by TCAA, the Warsaw Convention of 1929 and Hague Protocol
of 1955 ("Warsaw/Hague Convention") will be applicable.
If a case is not regulated in Warsaw/Hague Convention neither,
