Fact Sheet - Safety

• Safety is air transport’s number one priority
• 49% improvement in the accident rate over the last 10 years
• As at end 2008 the industry hull loss rate was 0.81 per million sectors flown 
  • IATA member airline accident rate was 0.52
• IATA’s six point safety plan encompasses safety data management and analysis, safety management systems, flying operations, cargo safety, infrastructure safety and safety auditing (IOSA)

Hull losses /Million Sectors
Western-jets, IATA & Non-IATA
 

Regional Industry Accident rates
Western Jets - IATA and non-IATA
Hull Losses/million sectors

Summary of Accidents
IATA and non-IATA airlines

*Fatalities include deaths due to injuries sustained in an accident up to 30 days

IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA)

• First global industry standard for airline operational safety auditing
  • Assesses airline operational management and control systems
• Improves safety and reduces the number of audits performed
• Audit standards developed in cooperation with regulatory bodies including US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Transport Canada, Europe’s Joint Aviation Authority
• IATA oversees the accreditation of audit and training organisations, continually develops standards and recommended practices and manages the central database
• IATA is promoting the use of IOSA in national safety oversight programmes
  • Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Egypt, Madagascar, Mexico, Panama, Turkey and Syria have mandated IOSA
• IOSA has been ISO 9001:2000 registered

IOSA Condition of Membership

• IOSA is a condition of IATA membership
• Any airline wishing to join IATA must first complete IOSA 
  • All existing members must be on the IOSA registry
• In all 21 airlines resigned or lost membership from IATA due to their inability to complete the IOSA audit and/or close findings.
• As of March 31st, 2009, all IATA members are IOSA-registered.
• 842 audits completed to date since program roll-out September 2003
• 329 airlines are on the IOSA Registry including 230 IATA members, 99 non-members 
• Industry savings of $85.3 million in audits avoided (1421 audits avoided)

Global Safety Information Center (GSIC)

• Air transport industry needs more efficient access to intelligence for air and ground safety incident occurrences.  
• IATA is developing a Global Safety Information Center that will serve as a web-based center for all safety-related information and tools.   
• The center, to be launched in late 2009, will integrate safety data coming from various industry sources including IATA’s Safety Trend Evaluation, Analysis, and Data Exchange System (STEADES) and flight data analysis (FDA)
• Data will be used to develop prevention strategies that will reduce the number of accidents/incidents

Partnership for Safety

• During 2005-2007 IATA’s Partnership for Safety (PfS) programme helped airlines in developing countries prepare for an IOSA audit
• IATA invested US$3 million during the 3-year programme
• PfS used IATA specialists and accredited audit and training organisations
• Programme elements included:
  • Seminars on industry best practices in operational safety
  • Individual airline operational gap analyses
  • Continuous contact with each airline to monitor progress
• PfS complemented ICAO’s Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme
• Over 180 airlines participated in PfS awareness seminars, including 100 IATA members
  • 73 airlines underwent gap analyses, including 59 IATA members.
  • 25 member airlines in Africa participated in post-gap training with the assistance of the International Airline Training Fund (IATF)

Partnership for Safety Plus

• Based on the success of PfS, IATA invested US$1 million in PfS Plus in 2008
• Helps airlines close IOSA findings and prepare for renewal audits
• Worked closely with IATA regional offices to run the activities
• Used tailored approach to every airline
• 58 airlines to date received assistance in the form of newly designed Corrective Action Report (CAR) closing courses, awareness seminars, Safety Management System (SMS) sessions and other training as per individual needs.
• 98 Airlines benefited from 83 IATF sponsored training courses
• 2 Airlines received individual gap analyses
  

Updated November 2009