Preface xi

1 Introduction: multilateral conventions and customary international law 1
Paul Stephen Dempsey

2 The Chicago Convention 9
Ludwig Weber

3 International safety requirements 33
Jimena Blumenkron

4 Safety regulation and oversight 64
Christopher M. Petras and Mathieu Vaugeois

5 Air navigation 88
Francis Schubert

6 Airport business and regulation 114
Isabelle Lelieur and Charles E. Schlumberger

7 Security regulations: international requirements 137
Jiefang Huang

8 Domestic regulation of security: the example of the European Union 162
George Leloudas

9 Aircraft and airport noise: local issues with global implications 180
Yaw Nyampong

10 Environmental law: emissions 195
Tanveer Ahmad

11 International air transport agreements 252
Juan Carlos Salazar and Peter van Fenema

12 Economic regulation of air transport 295
P.P.C. Haanappel

13 Antitrust and competition law 308
Kate Markhvida

14 Consumer protection 330
Martine De Serres

Index 352