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Effective date 17. 2. 2023

These General Terms and Conditions govern the rights and obligations between Style jet s.r.o., VAT: CZ08534195, with its registered office at V Sadech 15/4, 160 00 Prague 6, Czech republic (hereinafter referred to as the "Company") and the Charterer in providing and arranging domestic and international commercial flights. Itinerary of the flights, payment and cancellation conditions and other provisions are stated in separate agreement entered into by the Company and the Charterer (hereinafter referred to as the "Contract").

Type of flight
This agreement is entered into by the Charterer in respect of own-use charter flight(s); An own-use charter flight is a flight on which the entire capacity of the aircraft is taken up by passengers and/or goods of the Charterer or the association or group for whom the Charterer is the agent and which is the object of his trade, business or industry. Any other type of charter flight will be subject to an application by the concerned Civil Aviation Authority under which the carrier operating the flight(s) hereunder, is resorting.

Subcontracting by the Charterer
Charterer shall not subcontract or give in use wholly or in part the chartered space and/or payload of the Aircraft without prior written approval of the Company. Unless expressly otherwise agreed in writing, any such approval by the Company is given subject to the condition that the subcontractor shall abide by all obligations imposed upon Charterer and that the Charterer shall assume full responsibility for all acts or omissions of the subcontractor and his officers, employees or agents.

Substitution - subcontracting by the Carrier and/or the Company
The Company and the Carrier shall be entitled to substitute the Aircraft specified in the Contract by another aircraft of similar category or same or higher passenger capacity. In case the contracted Aircraft becomes unserviceable or unavailable, the Company shall be entitled, but shall not be obliged, to substitute an alternative aircraft and/or carrier. In latest mentioned case, the Charterer undertakes to accept all the terms and conditions concerning cancellation, operational control, deviation and delays of the subcontracting agreement between the Company and this carrier.

Flight permissions
All flights under this agreement are operated in accordance with the conditions stated by the local Civil Aviation Authority of the corresponding operator. The operator is, among other provisions, responsible for obtaining flight permissions. In the event that flight permissions are not granted by the Authority, the Carrier and the Company may cancel the flight and, unless agreed otherwise, all funds already paid by the Charterer shall be refunded.

Charges
The Charterer agrees to pay the Company the total charter price as mentioned in the Contract on or before the date(s) mentioned in the Payment Conditions as set out overleaf in the currency at the place and by the method mentioned on the invoice and the Contract.
The charter price shown in the Contract includes operating costs of the Aircraft, maintenance (scheduled and unscheduled), insurances, remuneration and expenses of personnel including crews, running costs, airport handling fees, parking fees, costs for the service for passengers during the time they are on board in accordance with the Contract.
Not included in the charter price are all other costs including, but not limited to, costs of de-icing, prolongation of airport opening hours, airport passenger taxes, ground transportation to and from the airports, costs for visas, custom inspection fees, custom duties, the costs of dunnage insofar as this has to be provided by the Company and all special and/or extra costs and taxes incurred by the Carrier or the Company with respect to passengers, goods and live-stock in case of emergency landings and all other deviations from the schedule stated in the Contract.
The charter price shown is based on costs current at the time of signing the Contract. Should there be an increase of 3% or more in costs between the date of signing the Contract and the completion of the flight(s), and if such costs are beyond the control of the Company or the Carrier, the Company shall have the right to charge such costs to the Charterer. The Company shall furnish the Charterer full details of the increase(s).

Cancellation by the Company
In the event of any breach by the Charterer of any provision of this agreement or any provisions stated in the Contract, or if the Charterer becomes insolvent, goes into liquidation or is declared bankrupt, the Company shall have the right to cancel the Contract and, in the event that a service has commenced, to terminate such flight all without liability of any kind to the Company and, to retain all amounts as have been paid by the Charterer and, to demand all other amounts due under the terms of the Contract regardless of its cancellation. Neither the payment of the charter price nor the termination of the Contract for any of the aforesaid reasons shall affect the Company’s right to collect damages from the Charterer.
If the Company is unable to perform or complete any service considered by the Contract, more particularly when the Aircraft becomes unserviceable or unavailable – for whatever reason beyond control of the Company, including technical problems with the Aircraft – for one or more of the contracted flight(s), or authorizations for all services or part of them are refused, untimely granted or cancelled, the Company shall have the right to cancel the flight(s) contemplated under the Contract, and it shall be under no further obligation or liability to the Charterer beyond the refund of the charter price or the sum paid for that part of the flight(s) concerned.

Cancellation by the Charterer
Charterer has right to cancel the flight or a part of is without specifying any reason. Such cancellation must always be announced in written. In such event the Company is entitled to charge the cancellation fee stated in the Contract. In case of any doubt, or if the cancellation fee was not specified in the Contract, the Company shall charge the minimum cancellation fee, which is calculated as costs provably charged by the Carrier plus 10% of the charter price stated in the Contract, to the Client.

Operational control
The captain of the Aircraft shall have complete discretion as to whether or not a flight should be undertaken, and the Charterer agrees to accept all such decisions of the captain. The Carrier’s decision as to the amount of space available on the Aircraft for utilization on all or any portion of the charter flight shall be final. The captain of the Aircraft shall have complete discretion concerning the load carried and its distribution, and the Charterer undertakes to accept all such decisions of the captain. The Company and the Carrier are entitled to utilize any unused space and/or payload for the carriage of their own personnel or cargo.

Deviation – Delay
Deviation from and delay of any of the services considered under this agreement through the action of or at the request of the Charterer may involve alterations in the charter price. The Charterer shall pay the Company in addition to the charter price any costs or expenses incurred by the Carrier and/or the Company rising out of such deviation and/or delay. In latest mentioned case, at least the demurrage rate as set out overleaf shall apply. The captain of the Aircraft shall have complete discretion as to where landings should be made, and the Charterer undertakes to accept all such decision of the captain. The times shown in the flight schedule in the Contract are approximate and not guaranteed by the Company, who has the right to deviate from the flight schedule due to reasonable circumstances, without any liability. The Company shall also not be responsible for delays caused by Air Traffic Control, slot restrictions, labor and civil disturbances, mechanical failures, crew duty time limitations, local or national or international regulations, severe weather conditions or other causes beyond their reasonable control. In case of delay in the commencement or completion of any of the services considered under this agreement caused by the Charterer or anyone acting on his behalf, demurrage shall run against the Charterer for the period of such delay at an amount per block hour as applicable by the Carrier and eventual other costs charged to the Company due to the delay.

Traffic documents and formalities
Carriage performed under this agreement shall be subject to the conditions of carriage contained in or referred to in the traffic documents and as far as existing to the General Conditions of Carriage of the Carrier. The Carrier or the Company will issue traffic documents of the Carrier in accordance with the requirements, practices and procedures of the Carrier. Charterer, passengers and shippers of cargo will be bound by the terms and conditions of the issued traffic documents. Charterer undertakes to cooperate in supplying all information in connection with passengers, baggage and cargo in due time for the completion of the traffic documents.
The Charterer will comply with and cause all passengers and owners of goods carried to observe and comply with all customs, police, public health and other regulations which are applicable in the state under which rules the Carrier is operating and in the states overflown and in which landings are made. The Company shall not be liable for any deviation or delay of the flight schedule or part thereof arising of incomplete or missing passenger or cargo information or transport documents.

Failure by the Charterer
The Charterer shall indemnify the Company against any costs, claims, damages or liability of any sort that may fall upon the Company by reason of any failure to comply with this agreement or with any regulation or condition in force at the time of commencement of the flight, and in particular the Charterer shall indemnify the Company against any damages that the Company may suffer in the event of the Air Operator’s Certificate of the Carrier being withdrawn on the grounds of failure to comply with the Contract.

Liability / Insurance
Unless otherwise agreed in written, the Company and the Carrier, their officers, employees and agents who take part in the execution of this agreement shall never be subject to any other and/or higher liability than the liability provided in the Warsaw Convention of the 12th of October 1929, or that Convention as amended at The Hague on the 28th of September 1955, whichever, is applicable, even when the carriage is not an „international carriage” as defined by that Convention. In case of substitution by another Carrier, the Convention of Guadalajara of the 18th of September 1961 is applicable. The Company ensures that the Carrier shall throughout the term of the agreement maintain the insurance coverage according to the liability requirements of the Conventions as mentioned herein.

Applicable law / Jurisdiction
This agreement, that is considered to constitute the entire understanding between the Company and the Charterer, is constructed according to and governed by the Laws of Czech republic and the applicable regulations of the European Community. The parties herby will submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Czech Courts. Any dispute or difference arising out of this agreement shall be referred to the jurisdiction of the Czech Courts. Should an action instituted against the Company in another country where this provision would not be held valid, the dispute shall be finally settled under the Czech rules about “arbitrage”.
If the Company or the Carrier brings any action or suit to recover payments due under the terms of this agreement, or to enforce any of its rights or the obligations of the Charterer, the cost thereof, including reasonable attorney’s fees shall be borne by the Charterer.

Contact Us
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us by e-mail at sales@style-jet.com or by mail using the details provided below:

Style jet s.r.o., V Sadech 15/4, 160 00 Prague 6, Czech republic