The term “Aviation” in its simplest forms refers to flying or operating of an aircraft. This term was coined by a French pioneer named Guillaume Joseph Gabriel de La Landelle in 1863. It originates from the Latin word ‘avis’ that literally means bird.
Aviation law or Air law is an umbrella term and covers in itself concerns relating to flight, air travel, and associated legal and business issues. The dire need for aviation law arose from the expanding nature of human interaction, as humans moved from the seas to the air and to beyond our atmosphere. These laws are basic rules of conduct which have been derived from rules of natural justice aimed at predominantly serving the interests of larger unselfish purposes which contribute to peace and security.
Prior to 1903, people could travel by balloons or gliders only. However, in December, 1903, in North Carolina, after four years of rigorous research and efforts the first powered flight was crowned. In 1908, the first person to fly as a passenger flew from Paris and in the same year the first American passenger flew too. The first scheduled air service began in Florida, in January 1914.The first formal legislation for the Aviation industry was a local ordinance passed in Paris in the year 1784 after the first air balloon flight was capped.
India is known to have the third largest civil aviation market. In the mid to late nineties period, a number of private players entered the Indian civil aviation sector due to widespread liberalization in addition to the unrestrained economic development in India.
The ‘Certificate in Aviation Law’ course offered by Enhelion in association with Vikrant Pachnanda Law Chambers is one of its kind. The course has been designed by Vikrant Panchanda who has been an active legal professional in this sector and has sweeping experience in the same. The course has been developed in order to understand the fundamentals forming the base of this sector, the history of aviation laws and industry and most importantly the conventions and legislation’s governing it, namely Chicago Convention, the Warsaw convention, the Montreal convention. It also covers the legal framework regulating and overlooking the crimes occurring in this sector and also the domestic legal regime existing in the industry.
The escalating growth of the tourism industry and the increasing incomes of the middle-class Indians has promoted the ever-rising growth of the aviation industry in the past decade. The support in form of infrastructure reforms, modernization of airports, improvement in service standards and adoption of low fare models has significant contributed in the development of this industry.
A career in ‘Aviation Laws’ is flourishing as well as bankable because it is one of those sectors which due to the ideals of modernization, globalization and more liberalization will keep escalating , thereby making way for more and more legal opportunities. The Certificate course on Aviation Laws gives an insight of the international and domestic legal regime and gives a kick-start for the student to shape a career in this field. The video lectures give a thorough and clear idea of the industry and the mentor-ship by the professionals enlighten with the experience they have gained over the years.
The need for knowledge of inter-disciplinary fields and research of new areas of law has become imperative in order to stand out in the industry.
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