Geneva - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released 2021 safety performance data for the commercial airline industry showing strong improvement in several areas compared to both 2020 and to the five years 2017-2021. Highlights include: • Reductions in the total number of accidents, the all-accident rate and fatalities. • IATA members and airlines on the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) registry (which includes all IATA members) experienced zero fatal accidents last year. • No runway/taxiway excursion accidents, for the first time in at least 15 years. (....)