Changes in legislation

The provisions of the Federal law of May 4, 2011 No. 99-FL “On Licensing of Certain Types of Activities” regarding the need to obtain licenses for carrying out air transportation of passengers and goods ceased to be in force by the Federal law of February 18, 2020 No. 21-FL. The provisions obliging entities engaged in air transportation to obtain an operator’s license along wth the air operator's certificate are also excluded from the Aviation Code of the Russian Federation.

Since February 29, 2020, legal entities or individual entrepreneurs have to obtain air operator's certificate from the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) to carry out commercial air transportation. The form and procedure for the certificate’s issuance are established by the Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation of August 13, 2015 No. 246 “On approval of the Federal Aviation Rules “Requirements for legal entities, individual entrepreneurs engaged in commercial air transportation. The form and procedure for issuing a document confirming the conformity of legal entities, individual entrepreneurs engaged in commercial air transportation with the requirements of the federal aviation regulations.”

According to the Federal Air Transport Agency, as of April 04,2020, 108 Russian companies have the air operator's certificate for commercial air transportation, information on which is fully contained in the Information and Analytical system Globas