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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.
75 and counting
YEARS WITHOUT A FATAL ACCIDENT
01
Qantas
Australia
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
75 and counting
EXTREMELY BORING
02
Hawaiian Airlines
United States
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever †
HEROICALLY DULL
03
All Nippon Airways
Japan
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
55 and counting
CERTIFIED SNOOZE
04
EVA Air
Taiwan
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
ZERO DRAMA
05
British Airways
United Kingdom
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
50 and counting †
RELIABLY DULL
06
Qatar Airways
Qatar
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
SPOTLESS
07
Emirates
United Arab Emirates
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever †
BIG & BORING
08
Cathay Pacific
Hong Kong SAR China
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
54 and counting †
STEADY
09
Etihad Airways
United Arab Emirates
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
CLEAN SHEET
10
Lufthansa
Germany
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
33 and counting †
GERMAN-DULL
11
KLM
Netherlands
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
49 and counting
VENERABLE
12
Air New Zealand
New Zealand
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
47 and counting
KIWI-CALM
13
Finnair
Finland
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
63 and counting
ARCTIC-STEADY
14
Japan Airlines
Japan
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
41 and counting †
METICULOUS
15
Delta Air Lines
United States
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
30 and counting †
WORKHORSE
16
Southwest Airlines
United States
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
8 and counting
HIGH-VOLUME CALM
17
Singapore Airlines
Singapore
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
2 and counting †
PRECISION
18
Swiss
Switzerland
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
2 and counting
PRECISION
19
Alaska Airlines
United States
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
26 and counting †
RUGGED-SAFE
20
Turkish Airlines
Türkiye
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
17 and counting
GLOBAL REACH
21
Iberia
Spain
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
41 and counting
STEADY
22
Aer Lingus
Ireland
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
58 and counting
LUCKY & GOOD
23
Korean Air
South Korea
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
29 and counting
REFORMED-RIGOROUS
24
Virgin Australia
Australia
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
CLEAN SHEET
25
American Airlines
United States
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
25 and counting †
BIG & STEADY
26
United Airlines
United States
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
35 and counting
GLOBAL WORKHORSE
27
JetBlue
United States
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
CLEAN SHEET
28
WestJet
Canada
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
CLEAN SHEET
29
Air Canada
Canada
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
43 and counting †
STEADY
30
Air France
France
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
17 and counting
LEGACY-STEADY
31
SAS Scandinavian Airlines
Sweden
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
25 and counting
NORDIC-CALM
32
Austrian Airlines
Austria
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
66 and counting
ALPINE-STEADY
33
TAP Air Portugal
Portugal
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
49 and counting
STEADY
34
Aegean Airlines
Greece
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
CLEAN SHEET
35
Icelandair
Iceland
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
48 and counting
ARCTIC-STEADY
36
easyJet
United Kingdom
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
HIGH-VOLUME CALM
37
Ryanair
Ireland
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
HIGH-VOLUME CALM
38
Wizz Air
Hungary
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
CLEAN SHEET
39
Jet2
United Kingdom
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
CLEAN SHEET
40
IndiGo
India
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
HIGH-VOLUME CALM
41
Air India
India
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
1 and counting
REBUILDING
42
Thai Airways
Thailand
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
28 and counting
STEADY
43
Vietnam Airlines
Vietnam
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
29 and counting
STEADY
44
China Airlines
Taiwan
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
24 and counting
REFORMED-RIGOROUS
45
Air China
China
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
24 and counting
BIG & STEADY
46
China Southern
China
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
29 and counting
BIG & STEADY
47
Hainan Airlines
China
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
CLEAN SHEET
48
Xiamen Airlines
China
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever †
SPOTLESS
49
Saudia
Saudi Arabia
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
30 and counting
STEADY
50
Oman Air
Oman
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
CLEAN SHEET
51
Royal Air Maroc
Morocco
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
32 and counting †
STEADY
52
Ethiopian Airlines
Ethiopia
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
7 and counting
AFRICA’S LARGEST
53
Kenya Airways
Kenya
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
19 and counting
STEADY
54
EL AL
Israel
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
34 and counting †
SECURITY-OBSESSED
55
Copa Airlines
Panama
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
34 and counting
PUNCTUAL & SAFE
56
LATAM Airlines
Chile
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
19 and counting
BIG & STEADY
57
Avianca
Colombia
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
36 and counting
VENERABLE
58
Azul
Brazil
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
CLEAN SHEET
59
Fiji Airways
Fiji
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
PACIFIC-CALM
60
Air Astana
Kazakhstan
YRS WITHOUT FATAL
None, ever
CLEAN SHEET
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