ABSTRACT
The body of law constituting the rules on air carriage is far more comprehensive than the rules concerning the activities of forwarders. Whereas forwarders are generally responsible only to their customers in the country in which the forwarding contract is made, an air carrier has responsibilities arising across international boundaries, and that is bound to complicate issues. The comprehensiveness of the rules also reflects the interest that governments world-wide have taken in the development of the conditions under which air transportation is conducted. Conditions concerning the movement of cargo are no less comprehensive than those concerning the carriage of passengers.
