CAAS Survey Shows Positive Trends in Safety Culture Across Singapore Aviation Sector

        The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS)’s second Singapore Aviation Sector Culture Survey[1] shows significant improvements in aviation safety culture across the sector. 77% of the 5,000 respondents across 400 companies[2] strongly agree or agree that the Singapore aviation sector has a positive safety culture, a 4% increase from the inaugural survey in 2023. The results from the 2025 survey, which was conducted between October and December 2025, were released at CAAS’s Aviation Safety Forum on 20 May 2026.

2        The Singapore Aviation Sector Safety Culture Survey was developed with the Netherlands Aerospace Centre. It is customised to the operating context in Singapore and comprises 65 questions across five dimensions: awareness, commitment, improvement, communication and trust. Please refer to the Annex A for details on the Singapore Aviation Safety Culture Framework and the Appendix for examples of survey statements pertaining to each of the dimensions.

3        The key findings of the sector-wide safety culture survey are:

(i)              Safety culture has improved across all job roles – 89% (+5%) for senior management, 82% (+3%) for middle management, 74% (+5%) for operational personnel.

(ii)             Safety culture has improved across all dimensions

a.     AWARENESS: 85% (+2%) strongly agree or agree with statements that they are keenly aware of the safety risks that they are exposed to and may be generating for others.

b.     COMMITMENT: 80% (+3%) strongly agree or agree with statements that they are committed that safety is a key consideration in decision-making and is given due priority when faced with other competing pressures.

c.     IMPROVEMENT: 78% (+5%) strongly agree or agree with statements that they are driven to seek improvement in safety, recognising that safety is a continuous journey and not a destination.