Which airline is the world's safest? Based on passenger fatalities this is an alphabetical list of the safest airlines in the world.

Which airline is the safest? Air crash fatalities are one way of assessing the safety of an airline. The following alphabetical list shows the airlines that have had no fatalities from an air crash between 1970 and 2005. This list is not a recommendation of these airlines, but provides basic information for the concerned air traveller. This list may not be exhaustive.

Any airline started after 1970 has their start date listed in brackets.

The following airlines have at least one passenger aeroplane in their fleet.

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E

EasyJet (1995)

Ecuatoriana (1996)

Edelweiss Air (1996)

Emirates (1985)

Estonian Air (1991)

Eurocypria Airlines (1992)

Eurofly (1990)

European Aviation Air Charter (1994)

Eurowings (1994)

EVA Air (1991)

F

Falcon Air Express (1996)

Finnair

Flight West Airlines (1987)

Fly Linhas Aereas (1995)

Frontier Airlines (1994)

Fujian Airlines (1993)

Futura International (1990)

H

Hainan Airlines (1989)

Hawaiian Airlines

I

Icelandair

Intensive Air (2000)

Inter Air (1994)

Impulse Airlines (1992)

Islandsflug (1991)

J

Japan Air System

Japan Asia Airways (1975)

Japan TransOcean Air

Jet Airways (1993)

JetBlue (2000)

Jet Star (2002)

K

Kalahari Express (1999)

KTHY (1975)

L

LACSA

Ladeco Airlines

LanPeru (1999)

LASER (1994)

LTE (1987)

LTU

M

Maersk (1983)

Malmo Aviation (1993)

Mahan Air (1993)

MAT Macedonian [Macedonia] (1994)

Meridiana

Midway Airlines (1993)

Midway (1993)

Monarch Airlines

Myanmar Airways Intl. (1993)

N

National Airlines (1999)

National Jet Italia (2000)

Nationwide Airlines (1995)

North American Airlines (1990)

Nouvelair Tunisie (1990)

Novair (1997)

O

Onur Air (1992)

Omni Air International (1997)

Ozark Airlines (1999)

P

Pace Airlines (1996)

Pan American Airways (1999)

Pegasus Airlines (1990)

Planet Airways (2000)

Portugalia Airlines (1990)

Premiair (1994)

Q

Qantas

Qatar Airways (1994)

Oman Air (1981)

R

Régional (2001)

Royal Brunei Airlines (1975)

Ryanair (1985)

S

Sahara Airlines (1993)

SATA International (1998)

Shaheen Air (1993)

Shandong Airlines (1994)

Shanghai Airlines (1985)

Sichuan Airlines (1988)

Skymark Airlines (1998)

Skyservice Airlines (1994)

Sky Trek(1996)

Skyways Express (1987)

SN Brussels (2001)

Southeast Airlines (1999)

Southwest (1971)

Spanair (1988)

Spirit Airlines (1992)

Star Airlines (1995)

Sterling European (1994)

Sun Country Airlines (1983)

Sunexpress Airlines (1990)

Sunworld International (1996)

Syrianair

T

Thomas Cook Airlines (2000)

Titan Airways (1988)

Transaero (1991)

TransAsia Airways

Trans States Airlines (1983)

Travel Service Airlines (1997)

Tunisair

U

Ukraine International (1992)

U-Land Airlines (1989)

UNI Airways (1988)

Uzbekistan Airways (1992)

V

Vanguard Airlines (1994)

WestJet Airlines (1996)

Virgin Atlantic (1984)

Virgin Express (1992)

Virgin Sun (1999)

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The list does not include any airline that has had either a subsidiary or parent airline responsible for any passenger fatalities.

This information has been gathered from a number of sources and this information may not remain current.