On December 30th, just one day after being published in the “Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE)”, the new Royal Decree 1036/2017 dated December 15th (Real Decreto 1036/2017), by which the civil use of remotely piloted aircrafts is regulated, came into force. This Decree puts an end to the temporary regime introduced by Law 18/2014, dated October 15th, on the approval of urgent measures for growth, competitiveness and efficiency.

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For any action for damages arising from international air transportation governed by the Montreal Convention of 1999, the Convention establishes the limitation period of 2 years in its article 35 “reckoned from the date of arrival at the destination, or from the date which the aircraft ought to have arrived, or from the date on which the carriage stopped”. Read more

Passenger rights in air transportation in case of denied boarding, flight cancellation and delays are included in the (EU) Regulation n. 261/2004 dated February 11^th 2004. This Regulation regards passenger rights for compensation as well as the airline’s obligations for passengers’ assistance in the abovementioned cases. Nevertheless, the Regulation does not provide any information on how much time passengers have to assert their rights, which leads us to consider whether the claims made by the passengers should abide by the general limitation period of 5 years determined by the Civil Code, or by the limitation period of 2 years provided Read more