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Is flying safer than taking the train or a bus?
Yes. Flying is the safest form of mass transit with one accident recorded for every 1.3 million flights.
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What is the industry doing to improve safety?
Safety is our industry’s number one priority. IATA provides airlines with a wide array of tools and programmes to improve safety. Key among these is the IATA Safety Audit Programme (IOSA). IOSA is the world's first airline safety audit programme, based on internationally harmonised standards and requiring compliance with over 900 standards and recommended practices. Satisfactory completion of the IOSA audit is now a requirement for IATA membership. List of IOSA-registered airlines.
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What are blacklists?
The European Union has created a blacklist of airlines which it is has deemed unsafe to fly in its airspace.EU Regulation on air carriers subject to operating ban(pdf) The blacklist itself is updated periodically and can be found on the EC website.
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Does IATA have a safety ranking for airlines?
No, but it does compile a registry of airlines (whether IATA members or not) that have completed its IOSA certification. See the IOSA Registry.
Aviation Safety Print
Modified on: Fri, 11 Dec, 2015 at 12:26 PM
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