Russian aviation administration
The Federal Air Transport Agency (Russian: Федеральное агентство воздушного транспорта - Federalnoye agentstvo vozdushnogo transporta, FAVT), also known as Rosaviatsiya (Russian: Росавиация), or FATA, is the Russian government agency responsible for overseeing the civil aviation industry in Russia. Its headquarters are in Moscow.[1]
It is also called the Russian Federation Civil Aviation Administration (RFCAA).[2]
The Federal Air Transport Agency regularly works alongside the Interstate Aviation Committee in investigations of aviation accidents and incidents. Its U.S. equivalent is the Federal Aviation Administration.
History
The Federal Air Transport Agency was established in 2004 by Russian President Vladimir Putin. On March 9, 2004, Putin issued a decree, “On the System and Structure of Federal Executive Bodies,” in which the Agency was created. The Agency received many of the functions of the abolished Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation.[3]
A cyberattack on Rosaviatsia by hackers was unleashed in late March 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4] The effect was massive disruption and the Russian agency said it had switched back to paper records following the attack.[4]
Due to budget limitations, Rosaviatsia did not have good backup of the hacked data.[5]
Leadership
The head of the Federal Air Transport Agency is appointed and dismissed by the government of the Russian Federation. At its creation, the head was Nikolay Vladimirovich Shipil. Other heads followed, including from 2009, Alexander Neradko [ru].[3] who was replaced & criminally charged with initiation of war.[6] Since September 2022, Dmitry Yadorov [ru] has headed the Agency.[7]
Functions
The main functions of the Federal Air Transport Agency are:[8]
- organization of the execution of federal target programs[clarification needed] and the federal target investment program;
- provision of public services of public importance on conditions established by federal legislation to an indefinite number of persons, including for the purposes of: implementing a package of measures to organize the enforcement of international and domestic flights; implementation of a set of measures aimed at ensuring the security of transport infrastructure facilities and vehicles against acts of unlawful interference;
- publication of individual legal acts on the basis of and pursuant to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal constitutional laws, federal laws, acts and instructions of the President of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation;
- governing the Unified Air Traffic Management System of the Russian Federation.
