Thanks for the constructive comments, TomU, your opinion is much appreciated.
old,not bold: For a single specific source, you could review the stats at airsafe.com. With a few notable exceptions, airlines in the U.S. / Canada / Western Europe / Australia have fatal event rates well under 1 in 1,000,000 - with most under 1 in 2,000,000. For most other parts of the world, this is unfortunately not the case.
And even though various airlines in the Gulf have thus far amassed exemplary safety statistics, the relatively low number of flights compared to, say, American Airlines or British Airways, makes their safety records not quite as convincing.