The Federal Air Transport Agency ( - Federalnoye agentstvo vozdushnogo transporta, FAVT), also known as Rosaviatsiya (), is the civil aviation authority of the Russian Federation, responsible for overseeing the civil aviation industry across Russia and surrounding international waters, covering about 14 flight information regions.Aeronautical Information Publication - Russian Federation Its headquarters are located in Moscow.Home page . Federal Air Transport Agency. Retrieved on January 3, 2012. "Адрес 125993, ГСП-47, Москва, Ленинградский проспект, 37, корпус 2."
The Federal Air Transport Agency regularly works alongside the Interstate Aviation Committee in investigations of aviation accidents and incidents. It is also called the Russian Federation Civil Aviation Administration (RFCAA). p. 5/121.
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 functions of the abolished Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation.
A cyberattack on Rosaviatsia by hackers was unleashed in late March 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The effect was a massive disruption and the Russian agency said it had switched back to paper records following the attack. Due to budget limitations, Rosaviatsia did not have good backup of the hacked data.Powerful cyber attack on Russia’s Civil Aviation Authority servers: no more data nor back-up, aviation24.be
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, . who was replaced and sanctioned by the Ukrainian government for assisting in transferring Russian troops to the Ukrainian border. Since September 2022, has headed the Agency.
Functions The agency handles a mix of planning, regulation, and oversight. It runs federal investment and development programs and provides public services related to air travel, including making sure domestic and international flights run smoothly and that airports and aircraft are protected from unlawful interference.
The agency also issues directives based on Russia’s constitution and orders from the president, government, and transport ministry and is in charge of managing the country’s Unified Air Traffic Management System.
Flight information regions Rosaviatsiya controls airspace covering about 15 flight information regions.Aeronautical Information Publication - Russian Federation
ICAO codeFIR ACC UEEE Yakutsk Yakutsk ACC UHHH Khabarovsk Khabarovsk ACC UHMM Magadan Magadan ACC (Oceanic) UHPP Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky ACC UIII Irkutsk Irkutsk ACC URFV Simferopol Simferopol ACC ULLL Sankt-Peterburg Sankt-Peterburg ACC (Oceanic) UMKK Kaliningrad Kaliningrad ACC UNKL Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk ACC UNNT Novosibirsk Novosibirsk ACC URRV Rostov-Na-Donu Rostov-Na-Donu ACC USSV Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ACC USTV Tyumen Tyumen ACC UUWV Moscow Moscow ACC UWWW Samara Samara ACC
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External links
Federal Air Transport Agency