Lauderdale
I am still coming to this as a no frills wanted, paying Pax. To suppose safety and air accidents will prevent people using a certain air line is not a sustainable statement. Did BA suffer dramatic loss when one of its flights put down on the approach to the runway at LHR. Has Air France suffered a great loss of passengers since it lost its A/C over the Atlantic I doubt it.
If Pax thought it would happen to them they would not fly. It is all to do with cost and convenience to a large percentage of the Pax's and little else when they fly within Europe.
A list of airlines with no fatalities since 1970 in Europe click the link.
European Airlines with No Fatal Passenger Events Since 1970
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