The Charter as a Form of Air Carriage Contract
Air carriage and transport are carried out under two principal contracts. Under a passenger carriage contract, the carrier is obliged to bring the passenger to the destination and, where the passenger checks in baggage, to deliver it to the destination and hand it to the authorized person; the passenger pays the fare established for carriage and, where baggage is checked in, also the charge for its carriage. Under a cargo transport contract, the carrier is obliged to deliver the cargo handed over by the consignor to the destination and hand it to the authorized person, while the consignor pays the established charge. To these two forms the charter adds a third: unlike one-off carriage, the charter covers the capacity of the aircraft, or part of it, over one or more flights.