The paper tackles the development of air rescue services in the world, comparing their activities. It presents a general overview of the development history of these services from the beginning to today. It also deals with the economic demands of the operation of air rescue services. The intention and main goal of this paper were to analyze various solutions of air rescue service in selected states, organization of the rescue itself, including rescue in mountain terrain for the optimization of air rescue services in the Slovak Republic.

Airports similarly to other companies are certified in compliance with the International Standardization Organization (ISO) standards of products and services (series of ISO 9000 Standards regarding quality management), to coordinate the technical side of standardizatioon and normalization at an international scale. In order for the airports to meet the norms and the certification requirements as by the ISO they are liable to undergo strict audits of quality, as a rule, conducted by an independent auditing organization. Focus of the audits is primarily on airport operation economics and security. The article is an analysis into the methodology of the airport security audit processes and activities. Within the framework of planning, the sequence of steps is described in line with the principles and procedures of the Security Management System (SMS) and starndards established by the International Standardization Organization (ISO). The methodology of conducting airport security audit is developed in compliance with the national programme and international legislation standards (Annex 17) applicable to protection of civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference.

This article is about a design of new technological instructions for an aviation industry. The goal of the new technological instructions is to replace the old ones. The old instructions are less clear and less suitable for new workers. A change and an upgrade of the new instructions is shown on the technological instructions for disassembling of free turbine´s blades during general overhaul. The free turbine is from the M601 engine. The new instructions should be more efficient and enhanced general overhaul.