Vietnam: 11 reasons for carrier’s immunity from responsibility for flight cancellations or long delays of flights

According to Article 6 of the Circular No. 14/2015/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, the carrier shall be immune from obligations to pay compensation in the event of flight cancellations or long delays of flights due to one of following 11 reasons:

1. Weather condition causes negative effects on flight safety.

2. Security risks cause negative effects on flight safety.

3. The flight is canceled or long delayed according to the decision of a competent agency.

4. The flight is not operated due to health problems of passengers (they suffer serious illnesses or die after boarding).

5. Scheduled airplanes are sabotaged or fleets of airplanes are sabotaged.

6. The flight is not operated due to armed conflicts, political instability or strikes.

7. Aviation infrastructure or flight operational assurance fails to ensure the flight operation.

8. Technical problems occur during the operation of the airplane, from the time the captain signs the record on receipt of aircraft ready for flight operation until the end of the flight.

9. Each passenger is offered re-routing to the same destination in another flight and results in the passenger arriving no more than 4 hours later than the scheduled arrival time of the flight on which the confirmed reservation is received.

10. Each passenger is offered re-routing to the same destination in another flight and results in the passenger arriving no more than 6 hours later than the scheduled arrival time of the connecting flight if the destination is a connecting point in the journey of the passenger.

11. Other force majeure events occur.

View more details at the Circular No. 14/2015/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, effective from July 01, 2015.

Ty Na

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