JACDEC Airline Risk Ranking 2026 is out.
From the year 2018 onwards, the JACDEC Safety Ranking is based on a new foundation that forbids any comparison to former rankings. We, therefore, removed all the older Safety Rankings from our website to avoid any misunderstandings.
Again we like to put emphasis on the fact that the current safety state of each airline is expressed best by the Risk-Index and not by the ranking number.
To dispel a common misconception about the JACDEC Risk Ranking: this list comprises the largest airlines measured by their revenue passenger performance in Revenue Passenger Kilometers (RPK) and compares them by their safety risk indicators. There can be smaller airlines having a better Risk-Index, which the ranking doesn’t reflect.
For a deeper look into the safety of ALL airlines globally, we recommend getting access to our Airline Safety Vetting.
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Airline Risk Ranking 2026
Get the annual Airline Risk Ranking.
The largest passenger airlines compared by their Safety-Risk Index.
This is the 2026 ranking, published in early 2026.
All data is as of 2026-01-01.
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JACDEC Airline Risk Ranking 2024 PlusNEW! The Big 130 Airlines Safety Comparison (scroll down)
The JACDEC Airline Safety Ranking compares the largest airlines by their key safety parameters. The complete list together with a comprehensive safety analysis of the past year will be available in the March 2025 issue of the German aviation magazine
Aero International.
Just some key factors that are highlighting our new Risk-Index.
- The ranking covers the TOP25 airlines in terms of passenger traffic volume(RPK).
- We now have three additional regional rankings of the TOP25 airlines in
- Americas
- Europe, CIS and Eurasia
- Africa, Mid-East and Asia-Pacific
- The calculation parameters were substantially broadened from 9 to 34 influential factors.
- We now take systemic risk factors into account.
- We revised our time-weighting “forget”-factor (EMA) allowing a more realistic approach to lessen the influence of past accidents/incidents.
The new JACDEC Risk Index comprises now more than 30 parameters.
Read our full guide of explanations about the new Airline Risk Index HERE.
We also recommend reading through our FAQ’s where we’re trying to answer the most recurrent questions. HERE
130 Airlines Safety Comparison 2026
NEW ! 130 Airlines Risk Comparison
Check out the most comprehensive, up-to-date risk comparison of the top 130 airlines in the world.
This is the 2026 safety comparison, published in January 2026.
All data is as of 2026-01-01.
Airline Safety Ranking Archive
Download Risk Ranking 2025 for 5,99 EUR (as PDF) [JACDEC Airline Risk Ranking 2025]
Download Risk Ranking 2024 for 2,99 (as PDF) [JACDEC Airline Risk Ranking 2024]
Note: Ranking lists from earlier years are non-consistent in structure and calculations. JACDEC does not recommend juxtaposing them to more recent years anymore.