Two seminars conducted by International Aviation Law Institute Director Brian Havel
highlighted the institute's most recent visit to the headquarters of
the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) in mid-April. The
first seminar focused on ownership restrictions and alliances in the
international airline industry. In the second seminar, Professor Havel
considered the ongoing debate about whether multilateralism or
regionalism (or a blend of both) should be the locus for future
regulation of the industry, and he critically assessed how international
law and institutions have handled the search and rescue process for the
disappeared Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.
After the seminars, Professor Havel and global airline consultant
Sandra Chiu, a member of IALI’s Foundation Advisory Board, were the
guests of honor at a CAAC banquet hosted by Han Jun, CAAC’s
director-general for international affairs. Director-General Han’s
office handles all of China’s external aviation relations, including
bilateral air services agreements and he has been a guest of IALI in
Chicago. Professor Havel presented Director-General Han with a copy of
his new book, "The Principles and Practice of International Aviation Law (Cambridge Press 2014)."