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Ryanair is 34 years old and flew more PAX in the last two years than Hawaiian has in its entire history, with significantly fewer accidents and incidents, even
by donaltroddyn 6y ago
Ryanair is 34 years old and flew more PAX in the last two years than Hawaiian has in its entire history, with significantly fewer accidents and incidents, even if you only consider those that occurred while both airlines were flying. It's hard to find historical PAX numbers for Hawaiian, but it seems that Ryanair overtook them at some point in 2000.
I don't see any basis for your claim that their safety record is "practically blank". They are widely considered the world's safest airline - a spot they shared with Southwest until SWA1380.
- Retric 6y agoIf you compare crashes per flight by year, the entire industry has become safer over time. The expected number of crashes given their operating history assuming an average airline would likely be zero. In fact over 20 major airlines currently having a clean record. So, on it’s own that’s really not enough information to say anything. If we are trying to find ‘the best’ airline in the industry you need to either consider only current practices/equipment etc, or look for airlines with zero crashes despite higher expected lifetime risks.