The article analyses the judgement of December 2013 of a Danish bankruptcy court according to which engine owners lost their rights over two leased engines out of nine following the bankruptcy of the Danish airline Cimber Sterling. The main dispute in the case was the interpretation of the accession principle set out in article XVI of the Geneva Convention. The judgment confirms the principle that title to temporarily installed engines remains with the engine owner, but goes astray in the interpretation of what 'temporary' is. The judgment has been appealed to the Western High Court of Denmark where engine owners hope to win the ownership over all nine engines.
Air and Space Law