THE DIRECTORY
Airlines, ranked by boringness.
In aviation, boring is beautiful — these carriers have gone decades without a fatal accident. Search the directory or open any airline for its full record.
#1 SAFEST · MOST BORING
Qantas
No fatalities in the jet era — the safety record that inspired a Hollywood punchline.
74 and counting
YEARS WITHOUT A FATAL ACCIDENT
01
Qantas
Australia
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
75 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
4.1 million
EXTREMELY BORING
02
Hawaiian Airlines
United States
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
78 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
2.6 million
HEROICALLY DULL
03
All Nippon Airways
Japan
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
55 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
6.8 million
CERTIFIED SNOOZE
04
EVA Air
Taiwan
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
SAFE IN A ROW
1.9 million
ZERO DRAMA
05
British Airways
United Kingdom
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
50 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
9.2 million
RELIABLY DULL
06
Qatar Airways
Qatar
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
SAFE IN A ROW
3.4 million
SPOTLESS
07
Emirates
United Arab Emirates
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
SAFE IN A ROW
4.8 million
BIG & BORING
08
Singapore Airlines
Singapore
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
26 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
2.9 million
PRECISION-DULL
09
Cathay Pacific
Hong Kong SAR China
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
54 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
3.6 million
STEADY
10
Etihad Airways
United Arab Emirates
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
SAFE IN A ROW
1.2 million
CLEAN SHEET
11
Lufthansa
Germany
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
33 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
5.1 million
GERMAN-DULL
12
KLM
Netherlands
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
49 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
3.0 million
VENERABLE
13
Air New Zealand
New Zealand
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
47 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
2.2 million
KIWI-CALM
14
Finnair
Finland
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
63 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
1.8 million
ARCTIC-STEADY
15
Japan Airlines
Japan
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
41 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
4.0 million
METICULOUS
16
Delta Air Lines
United States
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
30 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
11 million
WORKHORSE
17
Southwest Airlines
United States
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
8 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
9.5 million
HIGH-VOLUME CALM
18
Alaska Airlines
United States
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
26 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
3.3 million
RUGGED-SAFE
19
Turkish Airlines
Türkiye
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
17 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
6.2 million
GLOBAL REACH
20
Swiss
Switzerland
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
SAFE IN A ROW
1.3 million
PRECISION
21
Iberia
Spain
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
41 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
2.4 million
STEADY
22
Aer Lingus
Ireland
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
58 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
1.5 million
LUCKY & GOOD
23
Korean Air
South Korea
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
29 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
2.8 million
REFORMED-RIGOROUS
24
Virgin Australia
Australia
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
SAFE IN A ROW
1.1 million
CLEAN SHEET
25
American Airlines
United States
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
25 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
13 million
BIG & STEADY
26
United Airlines
United States
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
35 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
12 million
GLOBAL WORKHORSE
27
JetBlue
United States
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
SAFE IN A ROW
2.1 million
CLEAN SHEET
28
WestJet
Canada
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
SAFE IN A ROW
1.4 million
CLEAN SHEET
29
Air Canada
Canada
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
43 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
3.1 million
STEADY
30
Air France
France
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
17 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
4.5 million
LEGACY-STEADY
31
SAS Scandinavian Airlines
Sweden
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
25 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
2.3 million
NORDIC-CALM
32
Austrian Airlines
Austria
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
66 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
1.6 million
ALPINE-STEADY
33
TAP Air Portugal
Portugal
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
49 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
1.9 million
STEADY
34
Aegean Airlines
Greece
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
SAFE IN A ROW
1.3 million
CLEAN SHEET
35
Icelandair
Iceland
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
48 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
0.9 million
ARCTIC-STEADY
36
easyJet
United Kingdom
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
SAFE IN A ROW
3.8 million
HIGH-VOLUME CALM
37
Ryanair
Ireland
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
SAFE IN A ROW
6.5 million
HIGH-VOLUME CALM
38
Wizz Air
Hungary
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
SAFE IN A ROW
1.7 million
CLEAN SHEET
39
Jet2
United Kingdom
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
SAFE IN A ROW
0.8 million
CLEAN SHEET
40
IndiGo
India
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
SAFE IN A ROW
2.4 million
HIGH-VOLUME CALM
41
Air India
India
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
1 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
2.0 million
LEGACY-STEADY
42
Thai Airways
Thailand
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
28 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
1.5 million
STEADY
43
Vietnam Airlines
Vietnam
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
29 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
1.4 million
STEADY
44
China Airlines
Taiwan
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
24 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
1.3 million
REFORMED-RIGOROUS
45
Air China
China
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
24 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
3.5 million
BIG & STEADY
46
China Southern
China
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
29 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
4.2 million
BIG & STEADY
47
Hainan Airlines
China
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
SAFE IN A ROW
2.0 million
CLEAN SHEET
48
Xiamen Airlines
China
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
SAFE IN A ROW
1.8 million
SPOTLESS
49
Saudia
Saudi Arabia
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
30 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
2.1 million
STEADY
50
Oman Air
Oman
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
SAFE IN A ROW
0.7 million
CLEAN SHEET
51
Royal Air Maroc
Morocco
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
32 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
0.9 million
STEADY
52
Ethiopian Airlines
Ethiopia
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
7 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
1.6 million
AFRICA’S LARGEST
53
Kenya Airways
Kenya
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
19 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
0.6 million
STEADY
54
EL AL
Israel
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
34 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
0.7 million
SECURITY-OBSESSED
55
Copa Airlines
Panama
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
34 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
1.2 million
PUNCTUAL & SAFE
56
LATAM Airlines
Chile
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
19 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
3.4 million
BIG & STEADY
57
Avianca
Colombia
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
36 and counting
SAFE IN A ROW
1.5 million
VENERABLE
58
Azul
Brazil
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
SAFE IN A ROW
1.3 million
CLEAN SHEET
59
Fiji Airways
Fiji
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
SAFE IN A ROW
0.4 million
PACIFIC-CALM
60
Air Astana
Kazakhstan
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
SAFE IN A ROW
0.5 million
CLEAN SHEET
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