Finnish aviation safety programme

The aviation safety programme, plan for aviation safety and safety performance indicators and targets are advanced safety management mechanisms at the national level. They help us respond to the challenges of the diverse aviation system and strengthen the resilience of Finland’s aviation system.  Well-functioning safety management structures maintain our high level of safety and ensure safety operations also in rapidly or slowly changing situations.

Finnish Aviation Safety Programme FASP

The updated Finnish version 8.0 for Finnish Aviation Safety Programme FASP was published in 4th October 2022. English version was published in 10th October 2022 and can be found from this web page. Finnish version of FASP 8.0 can be found from Finnish SSP/SPAS (FASP / FPAS) web pages via this link (External link).

What is FASP?

Finnish Aviation Safety Programme (FASP) is the national-level description of our aviation safety management system. FASP consists of four sectors, which also include ICAO's eight critical elements for safety that ICAO requires States to manage effectively. These sectors are:

1. Finnish aviation safety policy, objectives and resources 
2. Safety risk management
3. Safety assurance
4. Safety promotion

FASP has two annexes: Annex 1, Finnish Plan for Aviation Safety and Annex 2, Finnish aviation safety objectives and safety performance indicators and targets. FASP has been published since 2012. Any need for updating the FASP and its annexes is reviewed once a year.

Why FASP?

Safety management mechanisms comprise system-level methods used to maintain and improve aviation safety at the international, national and organisation level. State Safety Programmes (SSP), like FASP for Finland, are a national-level safety management element. Via FASP and it’s annexes, national aviation safety is management in a coordinated and systematic way and a national aviation safety policy is implemented into everyday safety work.

Responsibilities related to FASP and its annexes

Obligations for State Safety Programmes and plans come from EU regulations, ICAO Annex 19 and the Finnish Aviation Act. Traficom is responsible for preparing, adopting and maintaining FASP and its annexes.

Aviation operators and service providers are responsible for the safety of their own operations. They must take the Finnish Aviation Safety Programme and its annexes  into account in their operations and monitor the achievement of the objectives.

Finnish aviation safety - monitoring information available

Monitoring information about Finnish aviation safety is available in Data.Traficom web pages (External link).