DESPITE a number of high-profile air disasters, 2025 was not a bad year for aviation safety by international standards, according to industry safety data — though it was a year in which fatalities were markedly higher than average.
Global analyses show that the number of fatal airline accidents in 2025 was slightly below the long-term average, continuing the broader trend of historically low accident rates.
However, the death toll rose sharply, driven by a small number of exceptionally severe crashes in which there were few or no survivors.
Safety experts stress that this distinction matters: the frequency of accidents did not rise significantly, but their consequences did...
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