In Re West Caribbean Airways, S.A.

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• finding tour operator that packages and resells air transportation under a “charter contract” to be a “contracting carrier” covered by the Montreal Convention
• “[A] decision to dismiss in favor of one of the fora designated by Article 33 would not appear to upset the balance the drafters of the Montreal Convention intended to strike between the interests of passengers and airlines.”
• “In the end, the consensus among the delegates was to omit any language respecting the applicability of fomm non conveniens to avoid imposing the doctrine on States that do not employ it and distorting its application in States where it is commonly employed.”

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