AIRLINES → RANK #12
KLM
VENERABLE
The oldest airline still operating under its original name.
SOURCE: AVIATION SAFETY NETWORK (COMPILED)
Years without fatal accident
49 and counting
Safe flights in a row
3.0 million
Founded
1919
Fleet size
~120
Home country
Netherlands
WHY THIS IS REASSURING
At this level of safety, the gap between major airlines is statistically negligible. Flying KLM — 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 →