The safest airlines in the world were announced in early January. The independent evaluation organization Airlineratings, compiling the rating, was guided by the data of state aviation authorities, various inspections, studies, and death records. When compiling the rating, the level of airports where airline bases are located, the comfort of their aircraft and how often the fleet of airliners are updated, was taken into account. The study involved 407 carriers. What is the safest airline in the world? Read about it in the article.
Qantas (Australia)
This carrier tops the list of the safest airlines in the world. Moreover, it is the largest organization in Australia. Its base is located in Sydney. The airline earned the title of the safest carrier, since over the past 60 years, none of its aircraft have crashed. During World War II, several aircraft nevertheless crashed (about 63 people died). Later there were two disasters with victims, the last of which happened in 1951. The company's fleet is regularly updated. The oldest airliners are only 9 years old.
Alaska Airlines (USA)
The headquarters of the carrier is located in the suburbs of Seattle Citeke. The company was founded in 1932. Throughout its history, only 4 times its liners were in an accident. Alaska Airlines fleet has 112 aircraft, which combine three directions. There are two additional hubs at the airports of Portland and Los Angeles. British agency Skytrax awarded Alaska Airlines three stars.
Air New Zealand (New Zealand)
The services of this airline have been used for 70 years. The company was founded in 1940. For some time she flew exclusively from New Zealand to Australia. In 1965, the airline received the name by which it is known today.
The main bases of the company are the airports of Auckland and Los Angeles. The peculiarity is that it is the only one on the market that operates flights around the world.
Caring for the comfort and convenience of its customers, the company regularly updates and improves the route service, providing the fastest flights and the best routes. Also at a decent level is the reliability of flights.
The company operates flights to 27 destinations only in New Zealand and to 26 external destinations. The air fleet consists of 50 modern aircraft, the basis of which are Boeings and Airbases.
All Nippon Airlines (Japan)
The main base is located in the capital of Japan. All Nippon Airlines ranks second among the largest airlines in this country. The main specialization of the carrier are domestic flights. It also runs international routes. Under her control is the cargo airline AJV. Airplanes run between 49 cities of Japan.
There are also flights to 22 cities of other countries.
Initially, All Nippon Airlines carried out exclusively helicopter transportation, but a year later the company opened passenger flights from Osaka to Tokyo.
The fleet has 204 airliners. The company also offers its customers participation in the loyalty program after the first flight.
Cathay Pacific Airways
In the East, this carrier is one of the largest. Its base is located at the Hong Kong airport. Cathay Pacific Airways has a large route network covering not only the countries of the East, but also the USA, Australia, Russia, countries of Europe and Asia. The airline is engaged not only in passenger, but also in freight traffic to more than 100 destinations around the world. The fleet currently has 97 aircraft.
Cathay Pacific Airways is part of Oneworld, one of the three largest airline alliances in the world. All members of the alliance adhere to the same pricing policy and loyalty program. Consulting company Skytrax marked this airline with five stars.
Swiss International Air Lines (Switzerland)
It works in 70 areas in 40 countries. The air carrier is considered a leader in quality of service. Reliability, responsibility and scrupulousness are the hallmarks of the company. The air fleet consists of 90 modern liners, the basis of which is Airbus.
Above are the safest airlines in the world. The rest also deserve attention. In addition to the listed carriers, the list of the safest airlines in the world includes Lufthansa (Germany), American Airlines (USA), United Airlines (USA), Emirates (UAE), Etihad Airways (UAE), Japan Airlines (Japan), KLM (Netherlands), SAS (Sweden-Norway-Denmark), Hawaiian Airlines (USA), Virgin Atlantic (Great Britain), Singapore Airlines (Singapore), Virgin Australia (Australia), Swiss (Switzerland), EVA Air (China). But this is far from all.
The safest airlines in the world among low cost carriers are Flybe (United Kingdom), Jetstar (Australia), HK Express (China), Thomas Cook (United Kingdom), Virgin America (USA), TUI Fly (Germany).
According to Airlineratings, 16 air crashes occurred in 2015, killing 560 people.
The crash of the Kogalymavia Airbus-321 was named the largest disaster (224 people died). When the Airbus-320 GermanWings crashed, 150 people were killed.
The safest airlines in the world plan to continue to comply with such an honorable status.