AIRLINES → RANK #37
Ryanair
HIGH-VOLUME CALM
Europe’s largest airline by passengers with no fatal accident on record.
SOURCE: AVIATION SAFETY NETWORK — NO FATAL ACCIDENT ON RECORD
Years without fatal accident
None, ever
Safe flights in a row
6.5 million
Founded
1984
Fleet size
~580
Home country
Ireland
WHY THIS IS REASSURING
At this level of safety, the gap between major airlines is statistically negligible. Flying Ryanair — 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 →