El contrato de transporte aéreo y la emergencia por COVID-19: El estatuto aeronáutico chileno frente a la cancelación de vuelos por caso fortuito y la reactivación del tráfico aéreo pospandemia

The Coronavirus health emergency has paralyzed or slowed down an important part of economic activities, including passenger air transport, causing the cancellation of flights, which translates into a case of contractual breach of the carrier against the passenger. In order to address what response i...

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Main Author: Peña Calderón, Natanael
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=8327778
Source:Revista chilena de derecho privado, ISSN 0718-0233, Nº. 36, 2021, pags. 79-111
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Summary: The Coronavirus health emergency has paralyzed or slowed down an important part of economic activities, including passenger air transport, causing the cancellation of flights, which translates into a case of contractual breach of the carrier against the passenger. In order to address what response is followed by our legislation against a cancellation due to a force majeure –assuming that the pandemic by COVID-19 is one–, this paper pretends, first of all, resolve the issue regarding the regulations applicable to the air transport contract. Later, the general hypotheses of non-performance of the air transport contract by non-execution of the trip in the agreed terms, and what rights does the passenger have against said non-compliance. Next, the options of the passenger facing a flight canceled by force majeure, and the effects that the latter produces in the contract are discussed. Finally, are analyzed the duties and obligations of the air carrier once the activity has been reactivated, and the liability that it bears for an eventual contagion.