Research On Legal Issues Related To The Open Market Of Civil Air Transport Service

There are six chapters in the thesis,besides the introduction and conclusionThe first chapter gives an outline of the international civil air transport service in the order of international conventions,regional air transport agreements and bilateral agreements,and then on this basis,discusses the problems in promoting an open market and freedom of the current system. This part will also talk about the challenges of the current system and the possibility of setting up a multilateral air transport system,laying the basis for the following analysis.The second chapter looks back on the historical development of the opening and freedom of the international civil air transport service market since its birth.After service trade was included into the talks for the WTO, it became an important organization and negotiation location for the promotion of the opening and freedom of the international civil air transport service market.The second chapter talks especially about the regulations on the opening and freedom of the international civil air transport service market.The main theme of the third chapter are the definition of service trade in GATS,the relationship between GATS and international civil air transport service trade,and the methods of opening of the international civil air transport service market,and the analysis of the adjustments done by GATS and well as the methods and steps taken by GATS to promote opening in multiple platforms.The fourth chapter focuses on the most important document in GATS about the opening of the international civil air transport service market-Annex on Transport Services(to be referred to as the Annex),talking about its history,its content,how it is used,and how it has affected the opening of the intemational civil air transport service market.We also talk about the limitations of the Annex,explaining the gradual opening of the market.The fifth chapter is structured around the position,effect and contribution of the ICAO in promoting the opening of the international civil air transport service market,and is based on the history and statute of the ICAO.It explains that,at the same time that ICAO has promoted the coordination and unification of the safety and technical criteria of international air transportation,it has also promoted the opening of the international civil air transport service market.This chapter also talks about the cooperation between the ICAO and WTO.The sixth chapter begins with the step by step opening of the international civil air transport service market,and is structured around GATS and the air transport agreement under the Chicago Convention, analyzing the barriers,direction,and steps of fully opening the international civil air transport service market.The conclusion summarizes the main points of the essay,and gives suggestions for the full opening the international civil air transport service market.