Editing Warsaw Convention (section)

==Content==
There are five chapters:
*Chapter I – Definitions
*Chapter II – Documents of Carriage; Luggage and Passenger Ticket
*Chapter III – Liability of the Carrier
*Chapter IV – Provisions Relating to Combined Carriage
*Chapter V – General and Final Provisions

In the convention there is a provision of successive carriage and a combined carriage partly by air and partly by other modes of transport as well.

In particular, the Warsaw Convention:
*Defines "international carriage" and the convention's scope of applicability
*Sets rules for documents of carriage
*Sets rules for the air carrier's liability and limitations thereof
*Sets rules for legal jurisdiction
*Mandates carriers to issue [[airline ticket|passenger tickets]];
*Requires carriers to issue [[bag tag|baggage checks]] for [[checked luggage]];
*Creates a limitation period of two years within which a claim must be brought (Article 29); and
*Limits a carrier's liability to at most:
** 250,000 [[Francs]] or 16,600 [[special drawing rights]] (SDR) for personal injury;
** 250 [[Francs]] or 19 SDR per [[kilogram]] for checked luggage and cargo, or [[US$]]20 per kilogram{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} for non-signatories of the amended [[Montreal Convention]]; 
** 5,000 Francs or 332 SDR for the [[hand luggage]] of a traveller.

The sums limiting liability were originally given in [[gold franc]]s (defined in terms of a particular quantity of gold by article 22 paragraph 5 of the convention). These sums were amended by the Montreal Additional Protocol No. 2 to substitute an expression given in terms of SDRs. These sums are valid in the absence of a differing agreement (on a higher sum) with the carrier. Agreements on ''lower'' sums are null and void.

A court may also award a claiming party's costs, unless the carrier made an offer within 6 months of the loss (or at least 6 months before the beginning of any legal proceedings) which the claiming party has failed to beat.

The Warsaw Convention provides that a [[plaintiff]] can file a [[lawsuit]] at his or her discretion in one of the following forums:
# The carrier's principal place of business
# The domicile of the carrier
# The carrier's place of business through which the contract was made
# The place of the destination

According to Clauses 17 and 18 of the Warsaw Convention, airline companies are liable for any damage that occurs to passengers or their belongings during in-flight. However, airline companies will not be held responsible if the damage results from the passenger's own fault or one of their temporary servants such as doctors assisting ill passengers on their own initiative (Clause 20). To be covered by air carriers, doctors should respond to the captain's call when it comes to assisting ill passengers. In such cases, doctors are considered an airline's temporary servants who acted on the airline's instructions.<ref>Laur, A. (2013). Liabilities of Doctors on Aircraft. Medico-Legal Journal, 81(1), 31–35. {{doi|10.1177/0025817213475386}}</ref> Major airlines are all covered by insurance to meet such contingencies and to cover doctors who act as their temporary agents.