Named the safest airlines and low-cost airlines in 2019

Safety airlines is one of those things that’s a little concerned any passenger aircraft, even the most «seasoned».

Last year ‘s TOP safest airlines led the Australian company Qantas, which ranked first in fact, for the seventh year in a row.

The rating was created AirlineRatings.com the web site for security review, which monitors 405 airlines worldwide and makes annual list of most secure.

Qantas holds the title of most secure airline in the world from 2014 to 2017. In 2018 AirlineRatings couldn’t find a clear winner, so got a reward at the same time the 20 best airlines, listing them in alphabetical order.

But this year, Qantas has returned to the top.

The ratings take into account such factors as audits of aviation authorities and governments, records of crashes and serious incidents, the age of the fleet, financial situation, training of pilots and the culture of service of passengers.

«We do not consider minor incidents, as all airlines have minor unpleasant incidents every day,» said editor in chief Jeffrey Thomas.

Air New Zealand took second place with 2019, while Taiwan ‘s EVA Air is the third.

AirlineRatings also prepared a list of the safest budget airlines (low cost airlines) the world, although they were ranked the same and are simply listed in alphabetical order. It is Air Arabia, Flybe, Frontier, HK Express, IndiGo, Jetblue, Volaris, Vueling, Westjet, Wizz Air and.

But the TOP 20 safest airlines in the world (not low cost):

  • Qantas
  • Air New Zealand
  • EVA Air
  • Etihad Airways
  • Qatar Airways
  • Singapore Airlines
  • Emirates
  • Alaska Airlines
  • Cathay Pacific
  • Virgin Australia
  • Hawaiian Airlines
  • Virgin Atlantic
  • TAP Air Portugal
  • SAS
  • Royal Jordanian
  • Swiss
  • Finnair
  • Lufthansa
  • Aer Lingus
  • KLM
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