What current treaty defines the legal relationship between airlines and international passengers, outlining what the airline is legally liable for in the event of an injury, and has the U. S. ratified it?

The Montreal Convention 1999 (MC99)

Explanation:

The Montreal Convention of 1999 (MC99) unified all different international treaties that were in force with regards to Airline liability since 1929.

Designed as a single, universal treaty meant to govern airline liability across the globe, it established airline liability in the case of death or injury to passengers, as well as in cases of delay, damage or loss of baggage and cargo.

The United States of America RATIFIED the Agreement on the 5th of September 2003 after it passed the Senate in July of the same year. It then came into effect 60 days later on the 4th of November 2003.

The Montreal Convention is the treaty in question. This multilateral treaty was formerly called the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air) . It was adopted by a diplomatic meeting of International Civil Aviation Organization member states in 1999.

In this treaty there is no compensation for psychiatric injury. There is only compensation for ‘bodily injury’ in amounts as much as 113,100.00 SDR.

The United States have ratified the treaty together with 130 member states plus the Cook Islands.

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