The convention has significantly increased the limits of liability of the air carrier for damage rusting from an accident occurred on the board of aircraft or during the course of embarking or disembarking. According to the provisions of the convention the liability of the air carrier is as the following :
With respect to damages for death or bodily injury of a passenger not exceeding 100,000 SDR, a regime of strict liability applies on the basis that the carrier will not be able to exclude or limit its liability under any circumstances. Air carrier liability under this tier is subject to a strict liability regime;
For damages in respect of death or bodily injury of a passenger exceeding 100,000 SDR, the liability of the carrier is unlimited unless he can prove that the damage was neither the result of his negligence or wrongful act nor that of his servants or agents; or that such damage was solely due to the negligence or wrongful act of a third party.
The carrier’s liability for both types of baggage is limited to 1,000 SDR per passenger unless, in the case of checked baggage, the passenger has, at the time of handing over the baggage to the carrier, made a special declaration of the value of the baggage and paid a supplementary fee if required.
The liability for damage caused by delay was increased to 4,150 SDR in the carriage of passengers, and in the carriage of baggage, to 1000 SDR for each passenger
.For your information, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ratified the Montreal Convention in 2002