AIRLINES → RANK #44
China Airlines
REFORMED-RIGOROUS
Rebuilt its safety culture into one of the region’s most respected.
SOURCE: AVIATION SAFETY NETWORK (COMPILED)
Years without fatal accident
24 and counting
Safe flights in a row
1.3 million
Founded
1959
Fleet size
~85
Home country
Taiwan
WHY THIS IS REASSURING
At this level of safety, the gap between major airlines is statistically negligible. Flying China Airlines — 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 →