Airlines
Russia’s airlines gain approval for non-original spares
The domestic continuing airworthiness procedures have once more been modified by Russian authorities to assist operators in dealing with sanctions.
The Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) has legally approved aircraft cannibalization, which means that parts from grounded aircraft can now be reinstalled on operational aircraft.
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Although the provisions immediately connected to cannibalization remain classified, the legislative modifications were adopted on December 26, 2022. The Moscow-based newspaper Izvestia claimed, citing sources from Russian airlines, that a part removed from a grounded aircraft should be tested in order to acquire airworthiness certification tags, and then tested once more after being installed on a different aircraft.
Rosaviatsia currently permits the installation of non-original replacement parts on Russian-operated commercial aircraft of foreign manufacture without taking approval from the holders of the type certificates.
The new rules represent another development in the restructuring of the nation’s ongoing airworthiness requirements, further separating it from Western standards. For many years, Western-made commercial aeroplanes that were flown in Russia were registered in other countries, namely Bermuda and Ireland. Authorities in those nations regulated the aircraft’s airworthiness maintenance.
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The anticipated amount of money from the federal budget that will be allotted to implement the subsidy programme in 2023 will remain at the same level as this year, or roughly 27.5 billion rubles. According to the government resolution No. 761, there are plans to extend the subsidy scheme for Russian airlines so they can do domestic, including local, transportation in 2023.
Additionally, Rosaviatsia makes it simpler for Russian airlines to use available spare parts. This includes aeroplane spare parts that carriers may cannibalize to maintain other planes in service. “Non-original spare parts” are also included. Whether or not this term refers to fictitious portions or something that was “lost in translation,” we are unsure of its exact meaning.
