International Air Transport Association (IATA) Safety Report 2021
The IATA Safety Report has been IATA’s flagship safety document since 1964. The report provides the industry with critical information, derived from the analysis of aviation accidents, to understand safety risks and propose mitigations. Also this report gives us a snapshot of how safe it is to travel.
The all-accident rate was 1.01 accidents per million flights, much improved over the rate of 1.58 in 2020 as well as compared to the 5-year average rate of 1.23.
The total number of accidents decreased from 35 in 2020 to 26 in 2021 and was below the 5-year average of 44.
The total number of fatal accidents increased to 7 in 2021 from 5 in 2020, while the number of fatalities declined to 121 from 132.
IATA member airlines’ accident rate was 0.44 per million flights, which was an improvement over the industry 5-year average accident rate of 1.23 and the 2020 rate of 1.58.
In 2021, there were 26 accidents versus 35 in 2020. However, the number of fatal accidents increased from five accidents in 2020 to seven in 2021. The number of fatalities declined from 132 in 2020 to 121 in 2020.
Government measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic continue to severely impact the aviation industry and resulted in a substantial reduction in operations compared to pre- COVID levels. Just over 25 million flights were operated in 2021, an increase of 16% compared to 2020, but 55% below the 2019 figure.
