The International Air Transport Association Says Fatal Accidents Rose Slightly In 2025 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) annual safety report shows that there were eight fatal air travel accidents globally in 2025, an increase over the seven fatal accidents in 2024 and also higher than the five-year average rate of six fatal accidents per year. “While the overall accident rate and total number of accidents declined compared with 2024, performance remained slightly above the recent five-year average. Fatal outcomes were driven by a small number of high-severity events, demonstrating that aviation safety risk is increasingly concentrated in rare but consequential incidents rather than systemic operational failures. Despite short-term fluctuations, fatality risk remains extremely low and the long-term safety trajectory continues to improve,” the report says.
