Since we just highlighted the world’s best airlines (congrats GCC with 3 airlines in the top 10) it inspired us to look at the other end of the scale .. the one which we would all prefer didn’t exist but it does. Here is the world’s most dangerous airlines
As well as looking at crashes these lists also look at the fatalities per year. The save you from the suspense Air France and American Airlines come top of the list when it comes to crashes with 11 each – a draw
When it comes to fatalities American Airlines charts the highest. Followed by China Airlines with 760 and Malaysia airlines with 537 although MH370 has not actually be found
Accidents By Airline
While you might think that the more popular the airline, the more likely the odds of it crashing, this isn’t necessarily the case.
For example, despite their popularity, British Airways has only ever been involved in one plane crash whereas Qantas has never crashed.
- Air France: 11 accidents
- American Airlines: 11 accidents
- American Eagle: 5 accidents
- Asiana Airlines: 4 accidents
- China Airlines: 9 accidents
- Continental Airlines: 5 accidents
- Egyptair: 6 accidents
- Ethiopian Airlines: 6 accidents
- Garuda: 4 accidents
- Iran Air: 4 accidents
- Korean Air: 9 accidents
- Kuwait Airways: 4 accidents
- Libyan Arab Airlines: 4 accidents
- Lufthansa: 5 accidents
- Pakistan International Airlines: 8 accidents
- Southwest Airlines: 3 accidents
- Thai Airways: 6 accidents
- United Airlines: 7 accidents
- VASP: 6 accidents
Fatalities By Airline
There isn’t necessarily a correlation between airline accidents and fatalities.
For example, Southwest Airlines has been involved in 3 plane crashes/accidents, though has only experienced 1 fatality.
- Air France: 347 fatalities
- Air India: 542 fatalities
- Air India Express: 179 fatalities
- AirBlue: 152 fatalities
- American Airlines: 858 fatalities
- Avianca: 181 fatalities
- Birgenair: 186 fatalities
- China Airlines: 760 fatalities
- China Southern Airlines: 176 fatalities
- Dana Air: 153 fatalities
- Egyptair: 362 fatalities
- Ethiopian Airlines: 407 fatalities
- Garuda: 259 fatalities
- Gulf Air: 255 fatalities
- Indonesia AirAsia: 162 fatalities
- Iran Air: 293 fatalities
- Japan Airlines: 520 fatalities
- Kenya Airways: 283 fatalities
- KLM: 248 fatalities
- Korean Air: 586 fatalities
- Lion Airlines: 189 fatalities
- Malaysia Airlines: 537 fatalities
- Pakistan International Airlines: 311 fatalities
- Saudia: 312 fatalities
- South African Airways: 159 fatalities
- Sudan Airways: 146 fatalities
- Swissair: 229 fatalities
- Ukraine International Airlines: 176 fatalities
- United Airlines: 288 fatalities
- Yemenia: 152 fatalities
* All data has been sourced from airfleets.net
*Only airlines that have had 4 or more plane accidents have been included.
*Only airlines that have experienced 150 or more fatalities have been included. This article was referenced from executiveflyers.com
