AIRLINES → RANK #17
Southwest Airlines
HIGH-VOLUME CALM
Decades of very high-frequency flying with an excellent safety record.
SOURCE: NTSB / ASN — FLIGHT 1380 (2018)
Years without fatal accident
8 and counting
Safe flights in a row
9.5 million
Founded
1967
Fleet size
~800
Home country
United States
WHY THIS IS REASSURING
At this level of safety, the gap between major airlines is statistically negligible. Flying Southwest 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 →