Flying remains the safest form of long-distance travel

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released this week its 2025 Annual Safety Report, demonstrating a solid year of safety performance.

In particular, the all-accident rate stood at 1.32 per million flights in 2025, equivalent to one accident per 759,646 flights. This was better than the 1.42 recorded in 2024, although slightly above the 2021-2025 five-year average of 1.27.

At the same time, there were 51 accidents in 2025 among 38.7m flights. That was fewer...