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DOMESTIC AIR TRAVEL: The applicable laws governing domestic air travel in Nigeria

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"Both parties and the trial Court are correct in agreeing that the provisions of the Convention for the Unification for Certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air 1999 (the Montreal Convention) apply to air travel in Nigeria, this is the effect of the provisions of Section 77 (1) & (2) of the Civil Aviation Act of 2006, which repealed the Warsaw Convention of 1929 and gave the Montreal Convention force of law. The Civil Aviation Act domesticated the Montreal Convention and provided that the provisions of the Montreal Convention, as contained in the Civil Aviation Act and as amended from time to time, shall have the force of law. It fully incorporated the Montreal Convention and modified it to be applicable to domestic carriages within Nigeria. There is therefore no doubt that the Montreal Convention forms the basis of liability of air operators to passengers in domestic air carriage in Nigeria. See:VIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRWAYS v. AMARAN (2018) LPELR-44785 (CA)." inAERO CONTRACTORS COMPANY OF NIGERIA LIMITED v. MR. KINGSLEY OGUINE & ORS Suit No; CA/L/313/2014 Per TUKUR, J.C.A. (Pp. 7-8, Paras. D-C)



   
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