AIRLINES → RANK #23
Korean Air
REFORMED-RIGOROUS
Overhauled its safety culture into one of the industry’s most respected.
SOURCE: AVIATION SAFETY NETWORK (COMPILED)
Years without fatal accident
29 and counting
Safe flights in a row
2.8 million
Founded
1969
Fleet size
~160
Home country
South Korea
WHY THIS IS REASSURING
At this level of safety, the gap between major airlines is statistically negligible. Flying Korean Air — 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 →