Time frame for accidents and operations was based on info from 1992 to 2002.
I'll give you guys hull loss figures for the same airlines after 1980 for comparison.
3rd world
PIA, 11
Air india, 3
Indian Airlines, 12
Philippine Airlines,7
European
Air France, 8
Lufthansa, 2
Air New Zealand, none
Austrian Airlines, 1
Cathay Pacific, none
Finnair, none
British Airways,none
SAS, 4
Alitalia, 4
Iberia, 3
KLM, 1
Just to give a glimpse to the preformance of the better thirld world carriers since 1980.
Ethiopian, 13
Kenya airways, 3
Biman, 4
Cameroon Airlines, 5
Sri Lankan, 5 all terrorist/war related losses
If one compares hull losses/ fleet size/ hours flown/ cycles it is clear that there are safer and less safe airlines.
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