Interstate Aviation Committee

The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC; Russian: Межгосударственный авиационный комитет, МАК) is an executive body of the Civil Aviation and Airspace Use Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and was formed in 1991^[2] according to the Civil Aviation and Airspace Use Multilateral Agreement, signed on 25 December 1991.^[3]

Interstate Aviation Committee

Межгосударственный авиационный комитет
IAC headquarters in Moscow
Agency overview
Formed	1991
Preceding agency	Gosavianadzor of the USSR
Jurisdiction	CIS countries
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia
Agency executive	Oleg Storchevoy[1], chairman
Parent agency	Civil Aviation and Airspace Use Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States
Website	mak-iac.org/en/

History

In the Soviet Union, the State Supervisory Commission for Flight Safety (Gosavianadzor), under the Council of Ministers,^[4] was the predecessor of the IAC.^[5] The Gosavianadzor conducted aircraft accident and incident investigations.^[4] until the IAC was established^[6] in Minsk on 25 December 1991.

The IAC has been accredited by ICAO as an intergovernmental organisation which may be invited to attend suitable ICAO meetings (officially, ICAO does not classify these as observers).^[7]

The Aviation Accident Investigation Commission of the IAC cooperates with the Federal Air Transport Agency in investigations of aviation accidents.^[8] One publicly known and controversial IAC investigation was the 2010 plane crash that killed Polish president Lech Kaczyński.^[9][10]

Governance

The committee is head-quartered in Yakimanka District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia.^[2] Since 1991, Tatiana Anodina had been the chairperson of the committee^[11][12] until January 2023. There was press speculation regarding Anodina's conflict of interest in certifying aircraft with respect to Transaero's market position.^[13][14]

Participating states

Current

As of September 2024^[update], the following countries are named by the IAC^[15] as the Treaty participants:

• Azerbaijan
• Armenia
• Belarus
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Russia (partially, in aviation accidents investigation domain)
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan

Former

• Georgia^[2]
  • Despite the fact that Georgia withdrew from the Commonwealth of Independent States, as of 2011^[update] Georgian authorities may still cooperate with the IAC.^[16]
• Moldova^[2]
  • In 1999 Government of Moldova announced its intention to reduce or end participation in the Civil Aviation and Airspace Use Multilateral Agreement.^[17]
• Ukraine^[18]
  • Ukraine has its own independent civil aviation and accidents investigation agencies. Ukraine's participation was based on two agreements concluded within the CIS - a presidential decree.^[19][20][21]

See also

• Aviation accidents and incidents