The world's
safest airlines for 2021 revealed AirlineRatings.com's safest airlines for 2021: 1. Qantas 2. Qatar Airways 3. Air New Zealand 4. Singapore Airlines 5. Emirates 6. EVA Air 7. Etihad Airways 8. Alaska Airlines 9. Cathay Pacific Airways 10. British Airways 11. Virgin
Australia/Virgin Atlantic 12. Hawaiian Airlines 13. Southwest Airlines 14. Delta Air Lines 15. American Airlines 16. SAS 17. Finnair 18. Lufthansa 19. KLM 20. United Airlines World's safest
airline: AirlineRatings.com has spotlighted the 20 airlines it
considers the safest in the world. Aussie carrier Qantas takes the top spot. (CNN) — There
may have been far fewer airplanes in the skies this past year, but if you're
looking ahead to future travel, you might take heed of the latest rankings of
the world's safest airlines from AirlineRatings.com. AirlineRatings.com
keeps tabs on 385 carriers from across the globe, measuring factors including
the airlines' crash and serious incident records, and age of their aircraft. "The
challenge this year was the number of airlines that were flying, although our
Top 20 safest airlines have all continued to fly or had limited cessation of
flights," AirlineRatings editor-in-chief Geoffrey Thomas tells CNN Travel. For 2021, the
airline safety and product review website awarded Aussie airline Qantas the top
spot. AirlineRatings
highlighted Qantas' commitment to retraining pilots ahead of a return to
service after time out during the pandemic. AirlineRatings found that a Qantas
737 pilot must undergo a six day course ahead of returning to the skies,
including a day focused on wellbeing. Qantas held
the title of world's safest airline from 2014 to 2017. In 2018, AirlineRatings
said it could find no clear winner and chose to rank its top 20 equally, but
once again in 2019 and 2020 Qantas was crowned world's safest carrier. On some
previous occasions, AirlineRatings has chosen its winner and then listed the
rest of the top airlines alphabetically. But for 2021,
the website has ranked each of the top 20 airlines in numerical order. Qatar
Airways takes the number two spot, while Air New Zealand, Singapore Airlines
and Emirates round out the top five. Thomas told
CNN Travel that the rating system was slightly adjusted this year, to allow for
greater accuracy. "Over the
past two years we have become aware that some airlines, which had passed bi-annual
safety audits, were not on a day-to-day basis following the operational
disciplines required by the auditors," Thomas said. AirlineRatings
also looked into airline fraudulent pilot license scams and bribery
allegations, added Thomas. As a result,
they decided to do a five-year audit of serious safety incidents to narrow down
the top 20. "Accidents
and incidents make up five of our seven star rating with audits accounting for
one and Covid-19 compliance the final star for a maximum seven-star
ranking," says Thomas. Thomas adds
that travelers are even more focused on airline safety in the wake of the
pandemic. "They are
not taking anything for granted and our inquiry level has tripled over the past
six months on a variety of safety issues, not just Covid-19," says Thomas. Separately,
AirlineRatings also spotlighted the safest low cost airlines, listing the top
10 in alphabetical order. They are Air Arabia, Allegiant, EasyJet, Frontier,
Jetstar Group, Jetblue, Ryanair, Vietjet, Westjet, and Wizz Air. AirlineRatings
has also produced a separate index of the top 20 Covid-compliant airlines,
listed in alphabetical order. They are Air
Baltic, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, All Nippon Airways, AirAsia, British
Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Delta Air Lines, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Eva
Air, Japan Airlines, Jetblue, KLM, Korean Airlines, Lufthansa, Singapore
Airlines, Southwest, Qatar Airways and Westjet. AirlineRatings
said these airlines had gone "above and beyond in the protection of
passengers."
Thomas
highlighted how Qatar Airways, for example, has been providing face shields as
well as masks, while Emirates introduced Covid-19 health insurance and a health
kit for passengers.
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