AirScore — An Airline and Aircraft Safety Comparator
An independent comparator that scores airlines and aircraft models on age, incident history, maintenance flags, and route reliability so travelers can pick a calmer flight when they have a choice.
travelers and frequent flyers comparing airlines and aircraft before booking
- Airline scorecards with rolling 5-year incident and delay metrics
- Aircraft model reliability ratings by age cohort
- Route-level reliability and diversion history
- Side-by-side comparison of alternate flights on the same day
Budget-airline safety incidents are spurring searches for comparison tools as travelers question whether older planes or specific carriers are worth the savings.
Forbes, PCMag, and major news outlets annually cite AirlineRatings safety rankings, confirming real consumer interest; but search demand is largely captured by incumbent AirlineRatings, and the cited 'ryanair flights' Google trend is mostly booking intent, not safety intent.World's safest airline rankings for 2026 | Airline Ratings ↗ICAO urges aviation safety focus as accidents climb in 2024 ↗
AirlineRatings.com has dominated this niche since 2012 and reports ~$6.1M revenue with only 6 employees, with AirCrashDB and PlaneFYI covering adjacent slices; little true white space remains for a generic safety comparator.Compare airlines - Airline Ratings ↗Airlineratings.com profile – RocketReach ↗
Incumbent monetizes via paid 'Seven-Star PLUS' safety audits and airline awards rather than consumer subscriptions; direct-to-traveler willingness-to-pay is weak because the use-case is occasional (1–3 bookings/year), so affiliate/lead-gen is the realistic path.Airline safety ratings and awards - Airline Ratings ↗Airlineratings.com profile – RocketReach ↗
Air travel is a durable industry with permanent traveler concern about safety, but engagement is episodic — spikes after incidents and fades between them, making retention/stickiness a long-term challenge.Aviation in Crisis: A Startling Look at Recent Incidents ↗
Fleet age data (Airfleets, PlaneFYI, IATA) and incident records (ASN, NTSB, BEA, TSB) are public, but the proposed 'maintenance flags' for individual aircraft are largely proprietary to regulators/operators, and synthesizing composite scores with credibility is non-trivial engineering work.Fleet Age Calculator — Average Aircraft Age by Airline — PlaneFYI ↗Air transportation occurrences in 2025 - TSB ↗