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Civil Aviation Act 1990

Domestic carriage by air

91Y: Provisions if carriage performed by successive carriers

You could also call this:

“Rules for when multiple companies are involved in your flight journey”

If more than one company is carrying you on your journey, and there’s a delay, you need to know which company is responsible. The company that’s responsible is the one that was carrying you (or was supposed to be carrying you) when the delay happened. This is true even if that company wasn’t the one you originally booked your trip with.

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Part 9B Domestic carriage by air

91YProvisions if carriage performed by successive carriers

  1. If carriage is performed or is to be performed by successive carriers, the contracting carrier who is liable is the successive carrier who performed or was to perform the carriage where the delay occurred.

Compare
  • 1967 No 151 s 21
Notes
  • Section 91Y: inserted, on , by section 37 of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 8).