AIRLINES → RANK #9
Cathay Pacific
STEADY
No fatal accident since the 1970s across a dense Asia-Pacific network.
SOURCE: AVIATION SAFETY NETWORK (COMPILED)
Years without fatal accident
54 and counting
Safe flights in a row
3.6 million
Founded
1946
Fleet size
~180
Home country
Hong Kong SAR China
WHY THIS IS REASSURING
At this level of safety, the gap between major airlines is statistically negligible. Flying Cathay Pacific — 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 →