AIRLINES → RANK #5
British Airways
RELIABLY DULL
No passenger fatalities from an accident since the 1980s across a vast long-haul network.
SOURCE: AVIATION SAFETY NETWORK (COMPILED)
Years without fatal accident
50 and counting
Safe flights in a row
9.2 million
Founded
1974
Fleet size
~253
Home country
United Kingdom
WHY THIS IS REASSURING
At this level of safety, the gap between major airlines is statistically negligible. Flying British Airways — or any major scheduled carrier — you would need to fly every day for over 25,000 years to statistically expect a fatal accident.
SOURCE: MIT / ARNOLD BARNETT · METHODOLOGY →