Identifying and Systemizing Key Factors behind the Current State of Regional Aviation of Russia’s Far North and Arctic

This article analyzes certain key factors underlying the current state of regional aviation in Russia’s Far North. We systemize expert opinion and analyze primary sources to discuss the problem of reviving regional aviation in the Far North which can be summed up as a fundamental transformation of the organizational and technical transportation system in place since 1991 that has become in need for effecting qualitative change, reversing current adverse trends and fitting the strategic objectives of regional development for a foreseeable period of 20 years or more.