On the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2024) the head of the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) Dmitry Yadrov gave an interview to the NTV channel, where he spoke, among other things, about the current state of passenger transport safety in Russia, provision of foreign aircraft with spare parts and Russia’s ability to independently carry out maintenance and repair of foreign aircraft.
The head of Rosaviatsia noted that a significant number of foreign aircraft remain in the country, and the situation with the provision of spare parts is normal and stable.
“Supplies of spare parts, units and assemblies continue despite the sanctions restrictions. Thanks to this, aviation companies are provided with the necessary resources to keep their vessels in good working order,” Dmitry Yadrov said.
According to him, the latest data shows an improvement in flight safety and a decrease in aviation incidents. “Any incident that occurs immediately hits the media. Some kind of fumbling starts. If you take the statistics of ’22 and ’23 on aviation accidents, we have minus 25 per cent. In the transport category of aircraft, which are mainly those aircraft that carry passengers, there were no aviation accidents last year. As far as aviation accidents are concerned, it was minus 47 per cent. Moreover, the International Aviation Committee in preparing its report, and this report has already been published,” the head of Rosaviatsia said, adding that in 2023 Russia had the best statistics on flight safety in the last 18 years.
“We are at the level of the top 10 countries of international civil aviation in flight safety. At one time, when they [the European Union and the United States – Russian Aviation note] imposed sanctions, the leaders of aviation authorities, the European ones, said that their main goal was to destroy Russian civil aviation. In terms of the supply of spare parts, assemblies and units, in terms of routes. But we see that this has not happened, and passenger traffic is growing,” stressed Dmitry Yadrov.
Domestic airlines and technical centres have made considerable efforts to ensure safety and maintenance of aircraft. There are about 390 maintenance and repair centres in the country, of which seven have 23 full-fledged hangar complexes capable of performing all types of repairs.
“Over the last two years, airlines have built up sustainable revolving stock of spare parts. And we have already moved away from taking something off [to move it from a faulty aircraft to an operating one – Russian Aviation note], it happens in extremely rare cases. We have practically gone away from donor repairs,” said the head of the agency.
In the future, Rosaviatsia expects the growth of air transport safety to continue. The emphasis is placed on domestic aircraft, which is one of the main tasks defined by the national goals. With aviation mobility increasing 1.5 times in the coming years due to new domestic aircraft, civil aviation safety will remain a priority issue for the agency.
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