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Rights of passengers in international air transport and the influence of COVID-19 pandemic
Čermák, Filip ; Pauknerová, Monika (advisor) ; Zavadilová, Marta (referee)
Rights of passengers in international air transport and the influence of COVID- 19 pandemic Abstract The thesis is devoted to the legal regulation of the relationship between passengers and air carriers in air passenger transport. The text is set in a general historical framework, which illustrates the rapid development of air transport from the 1920s to the present day, with special emphasis on the modern era. One of the aims of the study is to show how difficult it is for the legislator to respond to ongoing changes in the industry as well as unexpected events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The central theme is then the analysis of Regulation 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, one of the most important pieces of legislation on the relationship between passengers and air carriers. The thesis presents the system of regulation enshrined in this Regulation, its strengths and weaknesses - taking into account the extensive case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union - and shows the impact of the above-mentioned pandemic in this area (the common cancellations of flights due to anti-epidemic measures led to frequent application of Regulation 261/2004 and to heated debates on some of the newly emerging controversial issues). It is pointed out that the problematic aspects of the...
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Protection of Passenger Rights under European Private Law
Mikešová, Veronika ; Frinta, Ondřej (advisor) ; Thöndel, Alexandr (referee)
The topic of this thesis is rights of passengers under European private law. This issue is important for most people, since there is continuous expansion in travelling. Although passengers have quite extensive rights, they are often not aware of what they are entitled to during travelling. Therefore it is necessary to try promoting awareness of passengers about the rights which they have. One of the aims of this thesis is to create a comprehensive overview of rights of passengers in rail, road, water and air transport under European private law and to analyze some of the problematic provisions of the relevant EU regulations. Another aim is to compare regulations of individual modes of transport, in particular with regard to air transport, which seems to be the most widely regulated one, and to find out whether there could be uniform regulation for passenger rights in all modes of transport. In addition to introduction and conclusion, this thesis is divided into five chapters further divided into subchapters, while the first chapter serves rather as the basis for the next chapters and besides the definition of the term "passenger" introduces the sources governing passenger rights along with other non-binding documents created by the European Parliament and the Commision. The second to the fifth...
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