The safest — and least safe — airlines in the world

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2014 was a good year for airline safety, though that may be hard to believe considering the two Malaysia Airlines tragedies and recent AirAsia crash.
According to aviation-news website Flightglobal, there were 19 fatal accidents in 2014, down from 26 in 2013. However, overall deaths increased, with 671 last year, compared to 281 in 2013.

See also: AirAsia 8501 and MH370: The differences

Airline product and safety-ratings website AirlineRatings.com recently announced its top 10 safest airlines for 2015. The rating system considers a number of factors, including Federal Aviation Administration and International Civil Aviation Organization audits, fatality records, incident records and operational history
Each airline's safety is rated on a seven-star assessment criteria scale. Read more...
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