In the course of the last decade, computer reservation systems have become the prime channel for the distribution of air transport services. While their benefits for consumers, travel agents and airlines are undisputed, CRS have caused considerable legal problems in both the CRS and the airline industries. As self-regulation did not prove to be effective, different authorities have issued instruments addressing the relevant issues. / After a brief presentation of the CRS industry and of the main legal problems, the first part of this thesis will give a detailed analysis of three major CRS regulations: The Regulations on Carrier-Owned Computer Reservation Systems, issued by the United States Department of Transportation, the EEC Council Regulation on a code of conduct for computerized reservation systems and the Code of Conduct for the Regulation and Operation of Computer Reservation Systems, adopted by ICAO. / The second part will deal with the General Agreement on Trade in Services, which forms part of the GATT and which will be applicable to CRS services. General remarks about services will be followed by an analysis of the GATS, emphasizing provisions which could be of relevance for the operation of CRS. / The concluding third part of the thesis will comment on the impact of GATS on the CRS industry, on its suitability as a world-wide regime for the operation of CRS and on the relationship between GATS and ICAO.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.22708 |
| Date | January 1994 |
| Creators | Zur Hausen, Henning |
| Contributors | Milde, Michael (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Laws (Institute of Air and Space Law.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001440749, proquestno: MM05509, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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