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GABORONE - Air transport remains the safest form of travel and 2006 was the safest year on record says International Air Transport Association (IATA) 2006 Safety Report.
The report reveals that with demand for air travel increasing at 5-6 per cent per year, the accident rate must decrease just to keep the actual number of accidents in check.
The goal will always be zero accidents and the interim target is to reduce the industry rate to 0.49 accidents per million flights in 2008, a 25 per cent improvement, says Mr Giovanni Bisignani, IATAs Director General and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in the report.
According to the report, the 2006 industry hull loss rate was 0.65 accidents per million flights for western-built jets, which is equivalent to one accident for every 1.5 million flights, a 14 per cent improvement on 2005.
IATAs member airlines performed significantly better than the global average with a hull-loss rate of 0.48 accidents per million flights, or one accident for every two million flights.
The report further says there were 77 accidents in 2006, compared to 111 in 2005, and of these 77 accidents, 46 involved jet aircraft and 31 involved turbo-props. The Safety report shows that not all regions of the world saw the same level of safety.
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