2 APPLICABILITY

2.1General rules

2.1.1Except as provided in Para.2.1.2, 2.2 and 2.3, these Conditions apply to all public carriage by air of passengers and baggage, performed by Xiamen Airlines using civil aircraft for reward.

2.1.2These Conditions apply to gratuitous and discounted fare carriage. In the event of any inconsistency between gratuitous carriage and discounted fare ticket conditions and these Conditions, such ticket conditions shall prevail over these Conditions.

2.1.3If Xiamen Airlines sells tickets or handles check-in procedures for flights operated by other carriers, Xiamen Airlines shall only act as the agent of that carrier and shall not be held responsible. Passengers are advised to learn about the transport regulations of that carrier.

2.2Charters

If carriage is performed pursuant to a charter agreement of Xiamen Airlines, these Conditions apply only to the extent they are incorporated by reference by the terms of the charter agreement and the charter ticket.

2.3Code shares

These Conditions also apply to the code-share flights operated by other carriers under Xiamen Airlines designator and flight number. The operating carrier’s terms and conditions of carriage may differ from those set forth in these Conditions. Except as provided in Para.3 “Ticket sales”, Para.8 “Ticket changes” and Para.9 “Ticket refunds” of these Conditions, those terms and conditions of the operating carrier will be considered as a part of General Conditions of Xiamen Airlines and apply to code share services provided by Xiamen Airlines on a flight operated by the operating carrier, which supersede General Conditions of Xiamen Airlines that would be otherwise applicable. Terms and conditions that may differ between Xiamen Airlines and the operating carrier of code-share flights include but are not limited to: 

a)Check-in rules, including but not limited to check-in deadline;

b)Regulations on refusal and limitation of carriage;

c)Baggage carriage rules, including but not limited to free baggage allowance and excess baggage fees;

d)Regulations on overbooking handling;

e)Regulations on flight delay, cancellation and diversion, including but not limited to compensation for flight arrival delay;

f)Non-smoking flights.