Organizational support of aviation activity

Abstract. The experience of successful aviation structures has shown that the effectiveness of their activities is largely determined by organizational support. There are four main approaches to the definition of "organizational support": structural, regulatory, process and system. It is proposed to define "organizational support" as a system of processes and procedures for sustainable operation of the enterprise in accordance with the developed strategy and objectives, which ensures orderliness of elements and relations by organizing the relationship between departments, providing them with necessary resources and establishing effective external communications. The following definition of organizational support of aviation activity is offered. establishing effective external communications. The definition contains elements of structural, regulatory, process and system approaches. Among the structural elements of "organizational support of aviation activities" are: organizational structure, which determines the composition and location of units of aviation entities, the internal order of elements and relations; creation of a rational production structure and organization of the main production processes, which are aimed at the implementation of the necessary production functions and performance of production tasks by the subjects of aviation activities and their units; resource support for the functioning of aviation entities - logistical, financial, personnel, information, methodological, etc .; organization of internal relations between the divisions of aviation entities and effective external communications. The aim of further research should be to study the specifics of organizational support of various aviation entities in the main production chain in the field of aviation and related support services, from basic and applied research in aircraft construction to the provision of aviation services. Key words: organizational support, aviation activity, aircraft, aviation, air traffic organization, air traffic service, use of airspace, use of aircraft, organizational structure, resource provision.