Air Travel Standardization Act (Faneria)

The Air Travel Standardization Act was a bill passed in (2003?) that amended the Commercial Code of Faneria. The ATSA primarily collated existing disparate regulations and 'best practices' relating to commercial air travel in Faneria, but additionally tightened the legal requirements for air safety standards and consumer protections. The ATSA applies to all commercial air traffic departing from or arriving to Fhainnin airports, though many charter flights and 'pleasure flights' (referring to individuals or single-engine or helicopter tour flights or training sessions) are only subject to the air safety portions of the Act.

Main Code Alterations

Maintenance and Build Safety

The ATSA included a number of existing international codes on baggage sizes, seatbelt designs, and safety tolerances, as well as widening the minimum space per passenger requirements on airframes put into service moving forward on domestic flights. Maintenance requirements were constrained dramatically on older and propeller-driven aircraft due to growing concerns about cross-mountain flights between the Vandarch and Kilikas coast, and the Act lowered the maximum number of miles or time between preventative maintenance sessions greatly (from four to one and a half years, with mileage varying by plane type and age). The majority of build safety features were already either implemented on most natively-produced airliners, with others being negotiated with air travel giants such as Baen Air and Levetatia.

Flight Safety and ATC Regulations

Most importantly for flight safety, the Act subordinated Faneria's international air control systems to the Vandarch Travel Communications Administration, part of the Vandarch Sea Trade Zone Organization, in order to improve coordination of emergency responses, transition of ATC communications, and to simplify air traffic management internationally and in border airspace more broadly.