The content has benefited from initiatives such as the Focus Africa initiative, under which the International Air Transport Association (IATA) improved aviation safety.
African airlines have recorded no fatal air travel accidents for the fourth consecutive year, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported, noting aviation remains the safest mode of transport.
IATA’s 2023 report Annual Safety Report says African airlines have not suffered a single passenger jet aircraft loss or fatal accident since 2020, and that the majority of the continent’s carriers did not suffer any fatal accidents in 2023, whether jet or turboprop.
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“Africa’s all-accident rate last year was 6.38 per million sectors flown, a significant improvement over the figure of 10.88 recorded in 2022. The five-year 2019-2023 average figure was 7.11,” the report says.
Africa also marked its fifth instance since 2015 of no fatal accidents involving turboprop aircraft.
Source: Eastleigh Voice
