Aviation Matters
Revolutionised by liberalization, the aviation sector in India has been marked by fast- paced change in the past few years. From being a service that few could afford, the sector has now graduated to being a fiercely competitive industry with the presence of a number of private and public airlines and several consumer- oriented offerings.

According to a survey by the ACI, Asia will be the fastest growing region with an annual 9% growth rate. The two fastest growing markets are set to be India (10.4%) and China (8.1%) in the next few years. The Indian aviation sector can be broadly divided into the following four categories:

• Domestic airlines which provide scheduled flights within India and to select international destinations;
• International airlines, which operate scheduled international air services to and from India.
• Non-scheduled operators, which includes charter operators and air taxi operators; and
• Air cargo services, which include air transportation of cargo and mail.

We at V. K. Singh and Co. cater to all the above four categories of national and international aviation. The firm is well equipped to handle all legal and commercial matters related to aviation including litigation, corporate, employment contracts, real estate contracts, passenger claims, baggage and freight claims and other related matters. Our services can broadly be classified as the following:

Contract related
Several improvements are being envisaged to sustain the tremendous growth in the civil aviation sector. Several international airport authorities are entering into strategic alliances with Indian companies to pursue airport projects in India. Our firm has drafted various employment contracts and other property related agreements.
Our professionals have adequate experience and skill to deal diligently with all the contract related cases pertaining to the aviation sector including aviation leasing and finance, registration and liability claims.

Labour and Consumer Related
We deal extensively in cases relating to passenger claims, and have extensive experience of handling grounding of aircraft, hull, liability, carriage of cargo and passengers, including insurance aspects and the Warsaw Convention which applies to all international carriage of persons, luggage or goods performed by aircraft for reward. It applies equally to gratuitous carriage by aircraft performed by an air transport undertaking. We also deal with cases relating to transfer promotion and increment of our clients from the aviation sector.

Arbitration
We at V. K. Singh and Co. also deal extensively with arbitration matters related to the aviation sector.



Shipping Matters
In Admiralty, Maritime & Shipping matters the firm advise on all types of disputes representing owners, charterers, suppliers, repairers, cargo owners and their insurers, including P & I clubs and conducts litigation and arbitration. Also handling all aspects of ship finance, negotiation, bid preparation, sale, purchase and registration.

Advice and assistance on all types of disputes and claims, including casualties, collision, limitation of liability, cargo, charterparty, jurisdiction, conflict of laws, bill of lading, carriage of goods, contract conditions, fire, liens, general average, containers, recoveries, subrogation, casualties, freight forwarders liabilities, multimodal and unimodal, insurance and reinsurance, commercial disputes and advise on financing international trade through letter of credit, bills of exchange and other methods, preparing standard conditions of sale and advise on trade in commodities of all kinds, advising on the terms of contracts, handle dispute resolution through litigation, arbitration and conciliation proceedings.

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