Australian carrier Qantas tops a list of 20 safest airlines in the world for 2020 according to AirlineRatings.com – a commercial website covering airline safety and product reviews.
This is the seventh year that AirlineRatings.com has listed Qantas as the safest airline in the world. Runners up in the Asia-Pacific region include Air New Zealand in second place, followed by Taiwanese carrier Eva Air in third place, Singapore Airlines in sixth place, and Cathay Pacific in ninth place.
Here is the full list:
- Qantas
- Air New Zealand
- Eva Air
- Etihad Airways
- Qatar Airways
- Singapore Airlines
- Emirates
- Alaska Airlines
- Cathay Pacific Airways
- Virgin Australia
- Hawaiian Airlines
- Virgin Atlantic Airlines
- TAP Portugal
- SAS
- Royal Jordanian
- Swiss
- Finnair
- Lufthansa
- Aer Lingus
- KLM
The website said its rating system takes into account a number of different factors related to audits from aviation’s governing bodies, lead associations as well as the airlines own safety data. Details on the criteria can be read here. Every year, it produces a list of safest airlines in the world after monitoring 405 airlines.
Safest low-cost carriers
Low-cost carriers (LCCs) are a rapidly growing segment of the aviation industry. The website also compiled a list of top ten safest LCCs in the world for 2020. These are (in alphabetical order):
- Air Arabia
- Flybe
- Frontier Airlines
- HK Express
- IndiGo
- Jetblue
- Volaris
- Vueling
- Westjet
- Wizz Air
Source: Business Traveller
