For some would be fliers cheap airplane tickets and cheap vacation packages are by themselves not enough of an inducement to fly. Newly released flight statistics may encourage more people to fly given that the past 10 years have been the best in the nations aviation history.
There were 153 fatalities over the last ten years, which meant that there were two deaths for every 100 million passengers on commercial flights.
Flying in America is dramatically safer today than a decade ago when passengers were 10 times as likely to die when flying on an American plane.
People are far more likely to die driving than flying across the country. There are over 30,000 car deaths each year, resulting in a mortality rate eight times greater than in planes.
While losing $54.5 billion over the past decade, airlines have eliminated meals and added fees for an array of services including checked baggage. Fortunately no cutbacks have impacted safety.
There are still some countries where flying is relatively risky. Russia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Somalia have experienced particularly high rates of deadly crashes. Africa makes up only 3 percent of the world air traffic but had 14 percent of fatal crashes in 2011.
All fatal crashes in America over the past decade occurred on regional airlines which are companies flying smaller planes under brands such as American Eagle, Delta Connection, and United Express. www.cheapfares.com