There are hundreds, if not thousands of individuals that have a great fear of flying. Although there are many reasons that someone can be afraid to fly, some of them are justified, where as other are based on false or misleading information. Below you will find some facts that may help to alleviate these fears and giver you a clear sense on the safety of traveling with an airliner.

If you are afraid for your safety, you ,may be happy to learn that an aircraft, whether it be a commercial flight or a private charter, are the safest form of transportation around. Each aircraft has to meet high safety standards and undergo monitoring and scrutiny. Therefore there is little room for error or faulty wiring.

And although most people drive without giving thought to it, it is actually a much less safe mode of transportation than flying is. Did you know that in the average year about 47,000 people die in car accidents, while in most years only 30-100 people die in airline fatalities per year? Now in order for the airlines to have the same death rate as those in auto accidents, they would need to crash one loaded 727 jet every day to meet the kind of death toll you find from auto accidents daily.

Perhaps you are thinking that travel by train is the way to go. Well, this is a pretty safe mode of travel as your chances of dying on a train trip are about one in a million, but you may be surprised to learn that your chances of survival on an airplane are actually ten times greater than that.

So the next time you think about traveling remember that air travel is by far one of the safest means of getting to your destination. Fly commercial or charter a jet, no matter which way you choose to go, you will have the most successful outcome with this form of travel.


If you have a large company with employees that travel a lot you might want to think about a private jet to save money in the long haul. Jet charter is something easy that you can do that will save your company time and money.