Air Transportation Chapter 3 Terms To Know

International aviation

involves air transportation that crosses the boundaries of one country and operates between nations

Why is international aviation more complicated than domestic aviation?

Because airlines must deal with different governments, laws, regulations, agreements, foreign airports, customs, immigration, safety requirements, and airspace controlled by different countries

Aviation created the needs for common rules such as:

Airspace, aircraft registration, safety, routes, landing rights, international airports, and passenger and cargo transportation

Paris Convention 1919 (also known as Convention Relating to the Regulation of Aerial Navigation)

Helped to produce a set of basic principles in preparing the Convention and its annexes.

What was the first basic principle from the Paris Convention of 1919?

Established basic principles of air sovereignity

What was the second basic principle from the Paris Convention of 1919?

Prescribed for national registration of aircraft

What was the third basic principle from the Paris Convention of 1919?

Placed restrictions on the movement of Military aircraff

What was the fourth basic principle from the Paris Convention of 1919?

Established basic rules of airworthiness in aircraft

What was the fifth basic principle from the Paris Convention of 1919?

Regulated pilots and others in charge of aircraft

What was the sixth and last basic principle from the Paris Convention of 1919?

Provided for police measures

Pan American Convention on Commercial Aviation (aka. the Havana Convention) — 1928

Recognized the every country had complete and exclusive sovereignity over the airspace above its country and adjacent territorial waters

What are the four key differences between the Paris convention of 1919 and the Havana convention of 1928?

1. The havana convention had no annexes; all rules were contained in the treaty itself

2. The havana convention was only applicable to private aircraft, government aircraft were not included

3. Aircraft regulation was to be done according to the laws of each country.

4. Pilots were required to demonstrate a knowledge of the regulations of each country in which they flew. This meant they were to know the rules of 20 other countries including their own

Warsaw Convention of 1929

Provides rules of air carrier accident liability in international air transportation. The airline is liable for destruction, loss, death, loss of baggage and goods

Chicago Convention of 1944

Established the foundation for modern internation civil aviation. It addressed issues such as international air navigation, aircraft nationality, international air transportation, aviation safety, and rules for operating internationally

What is the first freedom of the air

The right to fly over another country without landing

What is the second freedom of the air

The right to land in another country for technical reasons, such as refueling, without picking up or dropping off passengers/cargo

What is the third freedom of the air

The right to carry passengers/cargo from the airline’s home country to another country

What is the fourth freedom the air

The right to carry passengers/cargo from another country back to the airlines home country

What is the fifth freedom of the air

The right to carry passengers/cargo between two foreign countries as a part of a service connected to the airline’s home country

Bilateral Agreements

Many countries entering into an agreement

International Air Services Transit Agreement

Covers the first two freedoms of the air

International Air Transport Agreement (Five Freedoms Agreement)

Covers the five freedoms of the air, adding three more freedoms

Bermuda Agreement of 1946

Diplomats from the United States and the United Kingdom meeting in Bermuda to sort out regulatory differences

International Air Transportation Competition of 1979

Established several rules stating that safety is the highest priority, rules of maintenance, market competition, etc.

International Deregulation

Removing the federal government’s control of the aviation industry

International Civil Aviation Organization — (ICAO)

Develops international standards and recommended practices for civil aviation

International Air Transport Association — (IATA)

Represents and supports the aviation industry with standards, cooperation, practices, services, and processes

Airports Council International (ACI)

Represents the interests of airports internationally

Annex 1 of the ICAO convention on international civil aviation

personel licensing

Annex 2 of the ICAO convention on international civil aviation

rules of the air

Annex 3 of the ICAO convention on international civil aviation

meterological service for international air navigation

Annex 4 of the ICAO convention on international civil aviation

aeronautical charts

Annex 5 of the ICAO convention on international civil aviation

units of measurement to be used in air and ground operations

Annex 6 of the ICAO convention on international civil aviation

operation of aircraft

Annex 7 of the ICAO convention on international civil aviation

aircraft nationality and registration marks

Annex 8 of the ICAO convention on international civil aviation

airworthiness of aircraft

Annex 9 of the ICAO convention on international civil aviation

faciliation of aircraft (speeding up the flow of aircraft)

Annex 10 of the ICAO convention on international civil aviation

aeronautical telecommunications

Annex 11 of the ICAO convention on international civil aviation

air traffic services

Annex 12 of the ICAO convention on international civil aviation

search and rescue

Annex 13 of the ICAO convention on international civil aviation

aircraft accident investigation

Annex 14 of the ICAO convention on international civil aviation

aerodromes (specific designs)

Annex 15 of the ICAO convention on international civil aviation

aeronautical information services

Annex 16 of the ICAO convention on international civil aviation

environmental protection

Annex 17 of the ICAO convention on international civil aviation

security

Annex 18 of the ICAO convention on international civil aviation

the safe transportation of dangerous goods by air