International air crime: actualization of the concept

The author analyzes the concept of “international air crime”, updates the issue of the urgent need to formulate a normative definition of the concepts of “transport crimes”, “crimes in air transport”, “air crimes”, “international air crimes” and some others. In the course of the work, scientific ideas about transport crimes, international treaties ratified by the Russian Federation and the internal law of the Russian Federation, including the Air Code and other regulations were analyzed in order to form the legal foundation for ensuring air security, taking into account the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 7, 2024 of the year. In order to pose the problem, the author has identified classifications of international air crimes that are promising for scientific research, including crimes where air transport is considered as an object, means and place of commission of a crime. In fact, trends in the development of scientific analysis of basic concepts and characteristics of transport and air crimes are presented from a historical perspective. As a result, the author, summing up the current state of legal regulation of international air crimes and the prospects for the development of a system of norms, gives impetus to the specification of the institution of air safety, the branch of international air law and air legislation of the Russian Federation.