Airline safety records
Documented accident and incident history for 100 carriers, aggregated from NTSB, Wikidata, and investigation authorities worldwide. Raw record counts — not a safety ranking.
| Airline | Record span | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aeroflot | 1,265 | 686 | 618 | 10,217 | 1949–2023 |
| United Airlines | 561 | 34 | 21 | 1,052 | 1951–2026 |
| American Airlines | 504 | 32 | 22 | 1,443 | 1949–2026 |
| Delta Air Lines | 455 | 13 | 8 | 300 | 1953–2026 |
| Eastern Air Lines | 243 | 15 | 8 | 490 | 1951–1990 |
| Southwest Airlines | 187 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1982–2026 |
| Continental Airlines | 166 | 9 | 8 | 116 | 1954–2011 |
| Northwest Airlines | 152 | 16 | 7 | 520 | 1950–2009 |
| Trans World Airlines | 152 | 12 | 5 | 337 | 1963–2001 |
| Air France | 139 | 31 | 36 | 1,440 | 1949–2024 |
| Pan American World Airways | 121 | 16 | 8 | 1,075 | 1962–2000 |
| Indian Airlines | 96 | 41 | 36 | 1,234 | 1953–2002 |
| US Airways | 96 | 4 | 4 | 328 | 1983–2016 |
| British Airways | 92 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1964–2026 |
| Air Canada | 91 | 8 | 7 | 163 | 1964–2025 |
| Ryanair | 90 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1999–2026 |
| Ethiopian Airlines | 84 | 27 | 28 | 982 | 1957–2025 |
| Qantas | 80 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1975–2026 |
| FDX | 78 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1979–2025 |
| Pakistan International Airlines | 73 | 26 | 25 | 1,135 | 1956–2025 |
| Frontier Airlines | 67 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1962–2026 |
| Alaska Airlines | 65 | 9 | 6 | 390 | 1954–2026 |
| AMF | 64 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 1989–2026 |
| Aerolineas Argentinas | 60 | 13 | 19 | 341 | 1950–2025 |
| Cubana de Aviacion | 57 | 34 | 18 | 946 | 1950–2020 |
| Garuda Indonesia | 56 | 9 | 5 | 337 | 1952–2025 |
| Merpati Nusantara Airlines | 56 | 21 | 4 | 267 | 1972–2013 |
| Iran Air | 55 | 17 | 14 | 1,072 | 1950–2021 |
| SkyWest | 54 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1986–2025 |
| Lufthansa | 52 | 10 | 9 | 309 | 1959–2023 |
| American Eagle Airlines | 50 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 1994–2018 |
| America West Airlines | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1983–2004 |
| China Airlines | 48 | 20 | 13 | 1,423 | 1967–2025 |
| JAL | 45 | 8 | 8 | 770 | 1952–2026 |
| Korean Air | 45 | 11 | 11 | 1,062 | 1969–2024 |
| Virgin Australia | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2011–2025 |
| TGN | 43 | 9 | 11 | 180 | 1992–2024 |
| Air Algerie | 42 | 10 | 12 | 216 | 1951–2026 |
| GUN | 42 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 1997–2025 |
| Ariana Afghan Airlines | 40 | 16 | 9 | 363 | 1954–2024 |
| ANA | 39 | 6 | 8 | 387 | 1958–2025 |
| KLM | 39 | 2 | 1 | 575 | 1951–2026 |
| Lion Air | 39 | 4 | 9 | 428 | 2002–2023 |
| JetBlue Airways | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2007–2026 |
| Singapore Airlines | 37 | 7 | 2 | 176 | 1982–2025 |
| Sudan Airways | 36 | 10 | 16 | 405 | 1961–2012 |
| Asiana Airlines | 35 | 7 | 9 | 148 | 1992–2023 |
| Jetstar | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2009–2026 |
| EgyptAir | 34 | 15 | 13 | 882 | 1972–2025 |
| Aeromexico | 33 | 5 | 6 | 160 | 1973–2025 |
| ITA Airways | 33 | 2 | 0 | 140 | 1962–2013 |
| Saudia | 31 | 5 | 4 | 306 | 1956–2025 |
| Hageland Aviation Services | 30 | 9 | 1 | 38 | 1992–2016 |
| Nepal Airlines | 30 | 15 | 9 | 186 | 1960–2014 |
| Thai Airways International | 30 | 11 | 11 | 596 | 1967–2025 |
| Mesa Airlines | 29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1989–2024 |
| Emirates | 29 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2000–2025 |
| LYM | 27 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 2000–2026 |
| Horizon Air | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1985–2019 |
| Rex Airlines | 27 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1984–2025 |
| Swiss International Air Lines | 26 | 11 | 5 | 393 | 1950–2024 |
| Bering Air | 24 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 1982–2025 |
| Spirit Airlines | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2002–2025 |
| Air New Zealand | 22 | 3 | 2 | 261 | 1966–2024 |
| China Eastern Airlines | 22 | 10 | 3 | 341 | 1989–2022 |
| Atlas Air | 22 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1997–2025 |
| UPS | 22 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1992–2025 |
| Vietnam Airlines | 21 | 5 | 3 | 266 | 1981–2020 |
| PenAir | 21 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1982–2012 |
| Comair | 20 | 2 | 2 | 78 | 1982–2019 |
| Air China | 20 | 2 | 3 | 258 | 1989–2023 |
| Iraqi Airways | 20 | 5 | 5 | 136 | 1955–2017 |
| Qatar Airways | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2000–2025 |
| Myanmar National Airlines | 20 | 8 | 4 | 136 | 1989–2013 |
| SriLankan Airlines | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2001–2025 |
| El Al | 19 | 4 | 3 | 66 | 1950–2024 |
| Libyan Airlines | 19 | 3 | 5 | 424 | 1967–1997 |
| Mandala Airlines | 19 | 4 | 11 | 294 | 1975–2007 |
| Sriwijaya Air | 19 | 4 | 8 | 187 | 2008–2021 |
| Wings Air | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2005–2022 |
| Air Wisconsin | 18 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 1972–2012 |
| Biman Bangladesh Airlines | 18 | 3 | 6 | 55 | 1972–2019 |
| Malaysia Airlines | 18 | 3 | 3 | 571 | 1992–2025 |
| AirTran Airways | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1998–2013 |
| Royal Air Maroc | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2000–2024 |
| Republic Airlines | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1979–2014 |
| Air Cargo Carriers | 17 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1987–2022 |
| World Airways | 17 | 5 | 1 | 91 | 1960–2009 |
| Austral Lineas Aereas | 16 | 8 | 5 | 351 | 1959–2013 |
| Air India Express | 16 | 4 | 4 | 358 | 2010–2026 |
| TAAG | 16 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 1980–2024 |
| Aer Lingus | 16 | 3 | 0 | 87 | 1952–2024 |
| easyJet | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2003–2025 |
| Formosa Airlines | 16 | 9 | 3 | 95 | 1989–1998 |
| Hawaiian Airlines | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1964–2023 |
| Cape Air | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2001–2024 |
| Transwest Air | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2003–2021 |
| Flybe | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2002–2019 |
| WestJet | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2009–2025 |
| Condor | 14 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 1988–2024 |
How to read this table: counts are documented occurrences from official investigation sources, so they grow with fleet size, route volume and how far back a carrier's record reaches — a large, long-established airline naturally accumulates more entries than a small or young one. Occurrence counts alone say nothing about how safe a carrier is today. For context on any carrier, open its record page — yearly trends and per-flight rates (where available) live there.