What are the world's safest
airlines for 2019?
Francesca
Street, CNN • Published 3rd January 2019
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World's safest airline: AirlineRatings.com has
highlighted the 20 airlines it considers the safest in the world. It says
Aussie carrier Qantas is once again the world's safest.
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AirlineRatings.com
(CNN) — It's not something most avid
travelers think about, but knowing you're in reliable hands when flying from
one side of the world to the other is always a plus.
Which is why it's worth a glance at the annual AirlineRatings.com list naming the
world's safest airlines -- and discovering which one is rated the
best.
For 2019, the airline at the top of the list, once
again, is Australian carrier Qantas.
Accidents involving air transport are still
incredibly rare, although the past 12 months saw a year-on-year rise in fatalities.
Last year AirlineRatings was unable to single out one airline over its rivals.
This year the Australia-based safety and product
rating website had a more definitive outlook, says editor-in-chief Geoffrey
Thomas.
"Qantas was a clear winner given its industry
leadership in safety innovation," he tells CNN Travel, spotlighting
the airline's new nonstop Australia-UK
route for its reliability.
AirlineRatings analyzed data for 405 airlines
across the world to put together its list of the top 20 safest carriers. It
used 12 separate criteria, including audits from governments, aviation's
governing bodies and lead associations.
Also considered were the crash and serious
incident records for each carrier -- plus fleet age and profitability.
Safety first
United returns to
AirlineRatings.com's top 20 safest airlines, after investing in new aircraft.
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Qantas held the accolade of AirlineRatings' world
safest airline from 2014 to 2017, but took joint honors in 2018 when the
website chose not to rank its top 20.
For 2019, Qantas is singled out as the best, while
the remaining 19 safest airlines haven't been ordered and are instead listed
alphabetically.
The result is a list that includes what the
website calls a "who's who of airlines," praised for being reliable
and secure.
The top 20 are: Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines,
All Nippon Airways, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, British Airways,
Cathay Pacific Airways, Emirates, EVA Air, Finnair, Hawaiian Airlines, KLM,
Lufthansa, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Scandinavian Airline System, Singapore
Airlines, Swiss, and United Airlines and Virgin group of airlines (Atlantic and
Australia).
United returns to the list after being notably
absent in 2018. Excluded in 2019 are former stalwarts Japan Airlines and
Etihad.
"Two US giants American Airlines and United
Airlines are in the top 20 as they have reduced their fleet age significantly
taking delivery of a large number of new aircraft," explains Thomas.
Air New Zealand
is also ranked as one of the world's safest airlines.
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AirlineRatings.com
"Japan Airlines was excluded this year one of
its pilots was found to be intoxicated at Heathrow Airport," he adds.
"Etihad was also excluded because of its significant losses."
Although Qantas pipped the other carriers to the
post, Thomas is keen to stress every airline in the top 20 deserves
championing.
"The top 20 safest airlines are all
exceptional operations and the benchmark for excellence when its comes to
safety and reliability," he says.
High and low
Singapore
Airlines -- the carrier that operates the world's longest flight -- also made
the top 20.
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AirlineRatings also pinpointed the top 10 low-cost
airlines with the best safety records.
In alphabetical order, the top 10 safest budget
airlines are:
Flybe, Frontier, HK Express, Jetblue, Jetstar
Australia / Asia, Thomas Cook, Volaris, Vueling, Westjet and Wizz.
Mexican airline Volaris and Hungarian carrier Wizz
are new additions to the list, while Aer Lingus lost its 2017 spot.
AirlineRatings.com ranks the airlines using its
seven-star rating system -- with the top 20 airlines all achieving the full
seven stars.
The lowest-rated airlines for 2019, achieving only
one or two stars in the rankings, are Ariana Afghan Airlines, Bluewing
Airlines, Kam Air and Trigana Air Service.
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