Pravne posledice poremećaja u putničkom avio-saobraćaju nastalih usled Covid-19

Abstract

U radu se razmatra pravni režim odgovornosti avio-prevozioca u slučaju krize izazvane korona virusom. Težište razmatranja je na poremećajima u saobraćaju koji se izražavaju najčešće kroz otkazivanje letova i pravima koje putnici imaju u takvim situacijama. Osnovni problem predstavlja pravno kvalifikovanje korona krize i shodno tome konačno određivanje obima i vrste putničkih prava. Zaključuje se da korona kriza predstavlja svojevrsnu društvenu višu silu, posebno imajući u vidu državne mere kojima se ograničava kretanje stanovništva, a što neposredno utiče na otkazivanje letova. Kako bi se prava putnika učinila izvesnijim u takvim situacijama, na nivou područja "Evropskog neba" je usvojeno zvanično Tumačenje kojim se potvrđuje da putnici kao potrošači uvek imaju pravo da izaberu da raskidaju ugovor koji je neizvršen usled pandemijskog razloga i da, prema tome, imaju pravo na povraćaj cene putne karte.

In the article, the author considers special legal regime of liability of an air carrier in the circumstances of the corona pandemic. Author is focused on the air traffic's disturbances which are, mainly, manifested in the cancellation of flight and, consequently, to the appropriate rights of passengers. Th e basic problem which is targeted by the author is the legal qualification of the corona crisis and, in short, deciding whether corona crisis has an attribute of force majeure. It has been derived a conclusion about corona crisis as some kind of social force majeure, especially having regard to state's measures of limiting of movement of people across the border. In order to make passengers rights in these circumstances more certain, the European Commission enacted the official interpretation of the several regulations which are dedicated to rights of passengers. Th e most important right in that official interpreted act is the right to reimbursement which in a concrete sense, means to return sum which passenger previously paid for a ticket.