Ministry of Transport and Communications Objectives

The Flight Safety Authority’s primary function as Finland’s air safety authority is to ensure that air safety in Finland is of an internationally high standard. In accordance with the common policy of the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) the objective of the Finnish Flight Safety Authority is to achieve a constant annual reduction in the number of aircraft accidents and resulting deaths – despite the increasing volume of air traffic. To achieve this objective, the Flight Safety Authority set the following general goals for 2003:

Common European norms (JAR) for the promotion of air safety will be adopted in Finland in accordance with a jointly agreed timetable and operating procedures.

The Flight Safety Authority adhered well to its objective. JAR requirements and requisite changes have mainly been applied in Finland in Finnish language form and almost within the JAA timetable.


The Flight Safety Authority actively participates in official European cooperation and strives to ensure that special circumstances in Finland are taken into account where possible.

The Flight Safety Authority has acted in accordance with set objectives. Particularly in regard to the approval process for European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) norms there was an attempt, in many cases successfully, to accommodate Finland’s needs.


The Flight Safety Authority applies common norms in Finland to be as consistent as possible with other countries.

The Flight Safety Authority actively participated in the work of standardization teams and was also the subject of audits by the JAA and the joint European air traffic control organization, Eurocontrol. The audits called for certain corrective measures where the Flight Safety Authority had applied norms more leniently than was the international practice.


The Flight Safety Authority takes note of Finland’s special circumstances, within the permitted limits of common norms.

The Flight Safety Authority has allowed extra time or exemptions from JAR requirements in certain cases.


The Flight Safety Authority makes use of the knowledge gained from investigations of accidents and incidents at national and international level in its air safety work.

Safety recommendations made by the accident investigation board are assessed by the Flight Safety Authority and applied where it feels they are justified.