Vietnam Airlines: Safety Record since 1951

Operator info
name: Vietnam Airlines
country:  Vietnam
ICAO code: HVN
IATA code: VN
Founded: 1951

 Vietnam Airlines passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) benchmark for global safety management 

Related airlines:
» Hâng Không Viêtnam renamed Vietnam Airlines

Vietnam Airlines- Accident & incidents:

6 occurrences in the ASN safety database

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Condor Flugdienst: Safety Record since 1955

Operator info
name: Condor Flugdienst
country:  Germany
ICAO code: CFG
IATA code: DE
Founded: 1955

 Condor Flugdienst passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) benchmark for global safety management

Condor Flugdienst- Accident & incidents:

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China to restrict Air Koryo for safety reasons

Chinese authorities will limit the operations of North Korean airline Air Koryo, after a Beijing-bound flight made an emergency landing last month.

The flight from Pyongyang had to land in the North-eastern Chinese city of Shenyang because of smoke in the cabin. No one was injured in the incident.
China's Civil Aviation Administration announced "relevant measures to limit operations" without giving any details.
The state-owned airline was also told to improve training and maintenance.
Most of Air Koryo's international flights are to China, with a few scheduled flights to Russia.

The world's 'one star' carrier
The North Korean carrier has a small fleet, mostly consisting of Russian-built Tupolev aircraft, for its international flights.
The service from Pyongyang to Beijing uses a Russian Tupolev Tu-204, a medium-range jet airliner that can carry about 140 passengers.
On domestic routes however, older Soviet-era aircraft are still used.
Air Koryo is North Korea's only airline and was established in 1950.
Britain-based airline ratings website Skytrax lists the carrier as the world's only "one star" airline, though its rating does not measure safety standards.

BBC

Air Transat: Safety Record since 1986

Operator info
name: Air Transat
country:  Canada
ICAO code: TSC
IATA code: TS
Founded: 1986

 Air Transat passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) benchmark for global safety management

Air Transat- Accident & incidents:

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Air India: Safety Record since 1932

Operator info
name: Air India
country:  India
ICAO code: AIC
IATA code: AI
Founded: 1932
until 2005 known as "Air-India"

 Air India passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) benchmark for global safety management
Related airlines:
» Air-India hyphen removed to become Air India in 2005

Air India- Accident & incidents:

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Garuda Indonesia Airways: Safety Record since 1949

Operator info
name: Garuda Indonesia Airways
country:  Indonesia
ICAO code: GIA
IATA code: GA
Founded: 1949

 Garuda Indonesia Airways passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) benchmark for global safety management

Garuda Indonesia Airways - Safety oversight information:

04 JUL 2007: Added to EU list of banned air carriers
13 JUL 2009: Removed from EU list of banned air carriers

Garuda Indonesia Airways- Accident & incidents:

47 occurrences in the ASN safety database

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Air Berlin: Safety Record since 1979

Operator info
name: Air Berlin
country:  Germany
ICAO code: BER
IATA code: AB
Founded: 1979

 Air Berlin passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) benchmark for global safety management 

Air Berlin- Accident & incidents:

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Saudi Arabian Airlines: Safety Report since 1945

Operator info
name: Saudi Arabian Airlines
country:  Saudi Arabia
ICAO code: SVA
IATA code: SV
Founded: 1945

 Saudi Arabian Airlines passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) benchmark for global safety management

Saudi Arabian Airlines- Accident & incidents:

41 occurrences in the ASN safety database

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Turkish Airlines: Safety Record since 1933

Operator info
name: THY Turkish Airlines
country:  Turkey
ICAO code: THY
IATA code: TK
Founded: 1933
rebranded from Türk Hava Yollari - THY to THY Turkish Airlines in about 1990

 THY Turkish Airlines passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) benchmark for global safety management

THY Turkish Airlines- Accident & incidents:

17 occurrences in the ASN safety database

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El Al Israel Airlines: Safety Record since 1948

Operator info
name: El Al Israel Airlines
country:  Israel
ICAO code: ELY
IATA code: LY
Founded: 1948

 El Al Israel Airlines passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) benchmark for global safety management

El Al Israel Airlines- Accident & incidents:
11 occurrences in the ASN safety database

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Hawaiian Airlines: Safety Record since 1929

Operator info
name: Hawaiian Airlines
country:  United States of America
ICAO code: HAL
IATA code: HA
Founded: 1929

 Hawaiian Airlines passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) benchmark for global safety management

Hawaiian Airlines- Accident & incidents:

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FAA reports safety issues for Allegiant Airlines

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A series of serious safety incidents involving Allegiant Airlines at Jacksonville International Airport has led to a 90-day Federal Aviation Administration review, reports say.

Engine failure, loss of navigation, diverted flights: We have thousands of pages detailing problems with Allegiant Airlines flights.

These revelations come as Allegiant Air continues to expand services out of JIA. It took three months, but through a public records request, Action News Jax obtained 2,400 pages of incident reports for Allegiant flights to and from Florida.

Some of the findings are disturbing to industry insiders who say they could be a sign of an airline in trouble.

“We lost an engine, we're declaring an emergency.”

It's what you don't hear the pilot say over the intercom.

“Allegiant 737, okay, we need to declare an emergency. We have an engine failure.”

Sometimes, the pilot doesn't even realize the danger.

“Allegiant 746, it appears you got some flames coming out of the left engine.”

Last October, a similar incident: an Allegiant Air pilot aborted takeoff in Las Vegas after the tower spotted the plane's right engine on fire. It was the second aborted takeoff at that airport in two days.

“In my first three years flying with American, I had three precautionary shutdowns on an older airplane and after that nothing,” said aviation expert Wayne Ziskal.

Ziskal flew for American Airlines for 35 years. He said he knows what Allegiant Air pilots ask themselves every day: 

“Is this airplane safe to fly?” Ziskal said.

We dug through thousands of pages of FAA incident reports and found 61 aborted takeoffs and diverted flights and a host of air and ground incidents.

“It's high. It is high,” Ziskal said.

Over the past two years, 76 flights to and from Florida had an issue that warranted an FAA report. Ten engine issues, two engine fires and three incidents where navigational or electrical systems failed during flight.

“Those are nightmares for pilots. Especially if you're in the weather. It's not where you want to be. Electrical power is what runs these modern airplanes,” Ziskal said.

Just one week ago, July 8, an Allegiant flight diverted to Jacksonville for an emergency landing, the crew reporting smoke in the cockpit.

Ziskal said there's a reason Allegiant Air has mechanical issues.

“The average fleet age of Allegiant Air is about 27-28 years old,” Ziskal said. “They didn't pay very much for the airplanes so they can have a low cost model when they charge fees.”

In March, passengers headed to Michigan from Sanford were forced off three separate planes because of mechanical issues.

"It was crazy, three different planes they all broke down," passenger Chris Sloan said.

The number of incidents has prompted a 90 day FAA review of Allegiant Air.

The pilot's union, Teamsters Local 1224, called the FAA review long overdue, saying: "It's clear that Allegiant's bare-minimum approach to its operation isn't working ... With an emergency occurring virtually every week due to a preventable maintenance issue ... "

“I will say this, the pilots obviously seem to be doing the correct job here. What I mean by that is we haven't had any fatal accidents with this. They're doing what they need to do to protect and maintain the trust of their passengers,” Ziskal said.

Recently, Allegiant Air added four new Jacksonville routes: Indianapolis, Columbus, Asheville and St. Louis. That makes for a total of nine different routes to and from JIA.

The CEO of Allegiant Air wouldn't go on camera, but the company said it's doing everything it can to cooperate with the FAA. It's promising to share the results of the FAA review, which should come down within days. 

WFTV

Austrian Airlines: Safety Records since 1957

Operator info
name: Austrian Airlines
country:  Austria
ICAO code: AUA
IATA code: OS
Founded: 1957

 Austrian Airlines passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) benchmark for global safety management 

Austrian Airlines- Accident & incidents:

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All Nippon Airways - ANA: Safety Record since 1952

Operator info
name: All Nippon Airways - ANA
country:  Japan
ICAO code: ANA
IATA code: NH
Founded: 1952

 All Nippon Airways - ANA passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) benchmark for global safety management

All Nippon Airways - ANA- Accident & incidents:

30 occurrences in the ASN safety database

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