International Aviation Safety Assessment Program

Template:Short description The International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA Program) is a program established by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in 1992. The program is designed to evaluate the ability of a country's civil aviation authority or other regulatory body to adhere to international aviation safety standards and recommended practices for personnel licensing, aircraft operations and aircraft airworthiness.

Regulatory authorities in any sovereign country are obliged under the Chicago Convention to exercise regulatory oversight over air carriers within the state. Such international standards and recommended practices are laid down by the United Nations' technical agency for aviation, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

History of the IASA Program

In the aftermath of the January 25, 1990, crash of Avianca flight 52 on Long Island, New York, questions emerged about how the FAA conducted safety oversight of foreign air carriers flying into the United States. In response to a five-part Newsday series on the poor safety record of some foreign airlines that appeared in December 1990, the FAA established the IASA program in 1992.

IASA Category Ratings

Following an IASA audit, a country is assigned one of two ratings:

• Category 1 (Meets ICAO standards): The FAA has assessed the country's civil aviation authority and determined that it licenses aviation personnel and oversees air carrier operations and airworthiness in accordance with ICAO aviation safety standards; or
• Category 2 (Does not meet ICAO standards): The FAA has assessed the country's civil aviation authority and determined that it does not provide safety oversight of its air carrier operators in accordance with the minimum safety oversight standards established by ICAO.

Carriers from Category 2 countries are allowed to continue operating to the United States as before the assessment, but are not allowed to expand their service to the US or codeshare with US carriers. Additionally, such carriers may be subject to heightened ramp inspections.

Current ratings

IASA Program Results as of 27 March 2024

Country	Rating
Template:Country data Argentina	1
Template:Country data Aruba	1
Template:Country data Australia	1
Template:Country data Austria	1
Template:Country data Azerbaijan	1
Template:Country data Bahamas	1
Template:Country data Bangladesh	2
Template:Country data Belgium	1
Template:Country data Bermuda	1
Template:Country data Bolivia	1
Template:Country data Brazil	1
Template:Country data Bulgaria	1
Template:Country data Canada	1
Template:Country data Cabo Verde	1
Template:Country data Cayman Islands	1
Template:Country data Chile	1
Template:Country data China	1
Template:Country data Colombia	1
Template:Country data Costa Rica	1
Template:Country data Croatia	1
Template:Country data Czech Republic	1
Template:Country data Denmark incl. the Faroe Islands	1
Template:Country data Dominican Republic	1
Template:Country data Ecuador	1
Template:Country data Egypt	1
Template:Country data El Salvador	1
Template:Country data Ethiopia	1
Template:Country data Fiji	1
Template:Country data Finland	1
Template:Country data France incl. Guadeloupe, French Polynesia	1
Template:Country data Germany	1
Template:Country data Greece	1
Template:Country data Hong Kong	1
Template:Country data Iceland	1
Template:Country data India	1
Template:Country data Indonesia	1
Template:Country data Ireland	1
Template:Country data Israel	1
Template:Country data Italy	1
Template:Country data Jamaica	1
Template:Country data Japan	1
Template:Country data Jordan	1
Template:Country data Kenya	1
Template:Country data Kuwait	1
Template:Country data Lithuania	1
Template:Country data Luxembourg	1
Template:Country data Malaysia	1
Template:Country data Malta	1
Template:Country data Mexico	1
Template:Country data Morocco	1
Template:Country data Netherlands incl. Bonaire, Saba, St. Eustatius	1
Template:Country data New Zealand	1
Template:Country data Nigeria	1
Template:Country data Norway	1
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority members: Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, St. Kitts and Nevis	2
Template:Country data Pakistan	2
Template:Country data Panama	1
Template:Country data Peru	1
Template:Country data Philippines	1
Template:Country data Poland	1
Template:Country data Portugal	1
Template:Country data Qatar	1
Template:Country data Republic of Korea	1
Template:Country data Romania	1
Template:Country data Russia	2
Template:Country data Samoa	1
Template:Country data Saudi Arabia	1
Template:Country data Serbia	1
Template:Country data Singapore	1
Template:Country data South Africa	1
Template:Country data Spain	1
Template:Country data Suriname	1
Template:Country data Sweden	1
Template:Country data Switzerland	1
Template:Country data Taiwan	1
Template:Country data Thailand	1
Template:Country data Trinidad and Tobago	1
Template:Country data Turkey	1
Template:Country data Ukraine	1
Template:Country data United Arab Emirates	1
Template:Country data the United Kingdom incl. Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos	1
Template:Country data Uzbekistan	1
Template:Country data Venezuela	2
Template:Country data Vietnam	1

External links

• IASA Program at the FAA website

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