AIRLINES → RANK #54
EL AL
SECURITY-OBSESSED
Famous for rigorous security and a long fatality-free record.
SOURCE: AVIATION SAFETY NETWORK (COMPILED)
Years without fatal accident
34 and counting
Safe flights in a row
0.7 million
Founded
1948
Fleet size
~45
Home country
Israel
WHY THIS IS REASSURING
At this level of safety, the gap between major airlines is statistically negligible. Flying EL AL — 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 →