Safest airlines in the Middle East: safety bands (Nov 2026)
We group airlines by safety band instead of ranking them 1 to 0: within a band, airlines are listed A to Z.
Worldwide, flying caused about 1 death per 13.7 million passenger boardings in 2018–2022.
This is an estimate from public safety audits and lists, not a guarantee.
This list covers airlines based in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Egypt. Airlines from East, Southeast and South Asia are on the Asia list.
Only airlines with a complete band that our editor has reviewed are listed. We are adding more.
Sources
- MIT News: Study: Flying keeps getting safer (Barnett & Reig Torra, 7 Aug 2024)
- ICAO: Safety audit results, USOAP interactive viewer
- IATA: IOSA registry
- European Commission: EU Air Safety List
- FAA: International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) results
- Flight Safety Foundation: Aviation Safety Network (accident history, context only)
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No airline has a complete, recently checked band right now. We re-check the sources every month.
What the band does not tell you
It does not rate a single flight, aircraft, crew or route, and it is not a prediction. Audits and lists are updated at different times, so an input can be months old; every input shows the date we checked it.
If an input is missing, we give no band and say so, rather than guess.