Stopovers and Successive Carriage



 

For the purposes of these Regulations, the carriage conducted by a number of connecting carriers shall be deemed one and indivisible carriage, if it is agreed between the passenger and air carrier, whether said agreement is in the form of a single contract or a series of contracts.

In the case that the service is performed under commercial arrangements or strategic alliances such as code sharing, the contracting air carrier shall clearly inform the passenger of such arrangements, through the points of sales, regarding the carrier or carriers with whom the passenger is connected in the contractual relationship to complete that trip.

The air carrier shall clearly explain all flight itinerary stopovers to the passenger, whether they are on the same aircraft or not, and specify the actual carrier for each part of the trip.

In case the air carrier cancels any of the destinations specified in the itinerary of a successive carriage flight that is part of a confirmed reservation, the air carrier must inform the passenger. The passenger shall have the right to reschedule the flight as appropriate or request the termination of the contractual relationship and that the flight is treated as a canceled trip in accordance with the provisions of Flight Cancellation provided herein.

The air carrier is not permitted to add stopover points other than those indicated in the confirmed reservation, with the obligation to clarify whether the flight is non-stop or has stopovers at the time of Reservation.

The passenger has the right to request a compensation of (100) Special Drawing Rights Units for each additional stopover that is not announced by the air carrier at the time of Reservation. The request for such compensation does not waive the passenger’s right to receive compensation in case there is a delay in flight arrival.

When the passenger is informed about adding a stopover after the ticket was issued, then the passenger has the right to terminate the contract and get a refund of the ticket value without any deductions.

Stops that are added to the flight for security and safety purposes or to deal with an emergency situation on board the aircraft shall be excluded from the provisions of this Article, provided that such incidents are recorded in reports that are adopted by GACA.