On March 14th, 2013, the European Commission published a proposal to revise regulations 261/2004/EC1 and 2027/97/EC2 dealing with airline passengers’ rights. The proposal addresses, for the first time, the specific issue of artists travelling on planes with musical instruments, which represents a huge step forward for professional musicians. In a nutshell, it “compels air carriers to accept small instruments inside the passenger cabin, subject to certain conditions, and to clarify their rules with regard to the carriage of larger instruments in the cargo compartment3”.
