JACDEC
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::data[format=table title="Infobox company"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre |
| type | Commercial company |
| industry | Aviation safety analysis |
| :: |
| name = Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre | type = Commercial company | industry = Aviation safety analysis
Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre (JACDEC) is a company that provides commercial aviation safety analysis.
The company promotes the ‘JACDEC Safety Index’, a rating system developed from the company's proprietary database. The JACDEC Centre also monitors current safety occurrences and provides updates on airline safety issues on several social networks.
The ratings take into account the number and fatality rate of the hull losses (destroyed aircraft) they have suffered in the past 30 years, more recent safety data, and number of flights flown without incident. These results, however, do not take into account the cause of the hull losses or whether the airline is at fault.
JACDEC Airline Safety Ranking
Since 2002, JACDEC has published an annual ranking of the "Safest 60 Airlines". The index rating, JACDEC distinguishes whether an event is a total loss or a serious incident: Both will be recorded in the JACDEC Database, but in the final weighting, a total loss counts considerably more. The term "total loss" means that any repair costs of accident damage exceed the residual value of the aircraft or the aircraft was destroyed. JACDEC includes only flights where paying passengers were on board. Therefore, all freight– ferry, training, or maintenance flights– are disregarded.JACDEC considers the operational environment as one important factor for an airline's safety performance. The results of this investigation are published and can be viewed by everyone.
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| Rank | Airline | Country | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emirates | United Arab Emirates | 93.61 |
| 2 | Norwegian | Norway | 93.26 |
| 3 | Virgin Atlantic | United Kingdom | 92.87 |
| 4 | KLM | Netherlands | 92.77 |
| 5 | EasyJet | United Kingdom | 92.75 |
| 6 | Finnair | Finland | 92.67 |
| 7 | Etihad Airways | United Arab Emirates | 92.56 |
| 8 | Spirit Airlines | United States of America | 92.18 |
| 9 | Jetstar | Australia | 92.12 |
| 10 | Air Arabia | United Arab Emirates | 92.09 |
| :: |
::data[format=table title="Least Safe Airlines 2018 (Based on 2017 values){{citation needed|date=April 2018|reason=previous citation did not identify the source}}"]
| Rank | Airline | Country | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Wing Airlines | Suriname | XX.XX |
| 2 | Iraqi Airways | Iraq | XX.XX |
| 3 | Iran Aseman Airlines | Iran | XX.XX |
| 4 | Med-View Airline | Nigeria | XX.XX |
| 5 | Mustique Airways | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | XX.XX |
| :: |
Controversies
JACDEC's methodology was criticized by Cathay Pacific – which had been ranked 12th in 2018 – as being unreliable and not transparent.
The inaccuracy of the company's indexing has been debated after a list was issued for the German Newspaper Bild's website after the crash of Air France Flight 447, displaying the safety index of the world's 60 biggest airlines.
JACDEC's 2013 report was heavily criticized by Air India, after it was named as the 3rd least safe airline. The report stated that for the 30 year period, Air India had 3 hull losses, while the airline reported that it had only one fatal crash and hull loss of Air India Flight 182 in that timeframe that resulted in 329 fatalities, which was caused by an act of terrorism and not a safety factor.
References
References
- "JACDEC – Your Center for Aviation Safety Information".
- Davies, Alex. (January 23, 2013). "The World's 10 Most Dangerous Airlines". Yahoo Finance.
- "JACDEC AIRLINE SAFETY RANKING 2018". JACDEC.
- Lee, Danny. (22 January 2018). "Cathay Pacific falls 11 places in safety rankings, hits out at 'unreliable' evaluator". South China Morning Post.
- http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/2009/06/04/flugzeug-absturz/so-sicher-sind-die-60-groessten-fluggesellschaften.html {{Webarchive. link. (2010-07-18 List of 60 biggest airlines on [[Bild]] Website in German)
- "Air India trashes report that ranks its safety amongst worst".
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