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Anxious airline flyers may well remember 2024 as the year their worst fears about the safety of air travel felt confirmed, as a series of unprecedented, and in some cases fatal, airplane incidents ...
U.S. airlines still posted an overall on-time arrival rate of 76% in 2024, up from 74% in 2023. American, Southwest and Spirit were also among the most on-time North American carriers.
Turkish Airlines now operates in 131 countries, 120 of them being confirmed as active by Guinness World Records. [103] [104] 22 December A Piper PA-42 Cheyenne crashed shortly after takeoff at Canela Airport, Brazil, killing all 10 occupants onboard and injuring a further 17 on the ground. [105] [106] 23 December
The list of airlines continued with flydubai, Norwegian, Vueling, Jet2, Sun Country Airlines, and WestJet. JetBlue Airways ranked 17th spot, while Air Arabia, IndiGo, and Eurowings were placed at ...
Spirit tied for 59th place in the study and Allegiant finished 61st out of the 62 largest airlines in the world based on departures.
All 10 people on board were killed on impact and in the subsequent fire. [13] Wien Consolidated Airlines Flight 55 crashed into Pedro Bay, killing all 39 on board on December 2, 1968, after encountering extreme air turbulence and suffering structural failure. [14] The accident is the third-worst accident involving a Fairchild F-27. [15]
Despite the frightening situation, it has one of the highest ratings for airline safety. In AirlineRatings.com's annual report, Alaska was the only U.S. airline to rank in the top 10 for 2021 and ...
Four other countries have at least two airports in the top 50: China has 10, while India, Spain, and the United Kingdom each have two. [4] In terms of regions, North America has 18 airports in the top 50, followed by East Asia with 12, Europe with eight, Southeast Asia with six, West Asia with three, South Asia with two, and South America with one.