African aviation safety performance is improving
Safety in the African aviation industry is shown to be improving in the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) 2015 safety performance data.
During 2015, Africa’s jet hull loss rates improved at 3.49 in comparison to a five-year rate of 3.69.
Similarly, the region’s turboprop hull loss rates improved dramatically, with 4.53 per million flights, compared to a five-year rate of 18.20.
Sub-Saharan airlines had four commercial hull loss accidents, two involving jets and two involving turboprops.
One of the turboprop accidents resulted in passenger fatalities.
“African safety is moving in the right direction. Nevertheless, challenges to bringing Africa in line with global performance remain. One valuable tool to assist this effort is IOSA. The 32 Sub-Saharan airlines on the IOSA registry are performing 3.5 times better than non-IOSA operators in terms of all accidents (3.62 per million flights versus 12.99). States should make IOSA a part of the certification process,” said Tony Tyler (right), IATA’s Director General and CEO.
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