AIRLINES → RANK #35
Icelandair
ARCTIC-STEADY
Decades of North Atlantic crossings without a fatal accident.
SOURCE: AVIATION SAFETY NETWORK (COMPILED)
Years without fatal accident
48 and counting
Safe flights in a row
0.9 million
Founded
1937
Fleet size
~40
Home country
Iceland
WHY THIS IS REASSURING
At this level of safety, the gap between major airlines is statistically negligible. Flying Icelandair — 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 →