The runners up
Air New Zealand comes in second, while Taiwan's EVA Air is third. Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways -- a new entry -- ranks fourth. The rest of the top 10 is made up of Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Alaska Airlines, Cathay Pacific and Virgin Australia. Ranked 10-20 are Hawaiian Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, TAP Air Portugal, SAS, Royal Jordanian, Swiss, Finnair, Lufthansa, Aer Lingus and KLM. Notable exceptions from the list are British Airways, ANA, American Airlines and United, all of which made the top 20 last year. Japan Airlines and Delta also failed to make the cut -- both have been on previous lists. Thomas says British Airways slid down the rankings due to a "combination of fleet age [average 13.8 years] and the number of incidents... which were not life-threatening but there were a lot of them compared to other airlines of similar size." Regarding the others, he points to incidents of allegedly intoxicated pilots on United, American, Delta, JAL and ANA. Thomas praises Qantas's innovations, including the "extraordinary success of its Perth to London Boeing 787 nonstop service" and its recent London-Sydney and New York-Sydney test flights. The airline has ordered 12 Airbus A350s to operate nonstop between the cities. He also notes there was "not much between the top 10" airlines, but that "wider gaps appear from 10 to 20."Low-cost safety
The website has also produced a list of the world's safest budget airlines, although these are ranked equally, and so listed alphabetically. They are Air Arabia, Flybe, Frontier, HK Express, IndiGo, Jetblue, Volaris, Vueling, Westjet and Wizz Air.World's safest airlines
1: Qantas 2: Air New Zealand 3: EVA Air 4: Etihad Airways 5: Qatar Airways 6: Singapore Airlines 7: Emirates 8: Alaska Airlines 9: Cathay Pacific 10: Virgin Australia 11: Hawaiian Airlines 12: Virgin Atlantic 13: TAP Air Portugal 14: SAS 15: Royal Jordanian 16: Swiss 17: Finnair 18: Lufthansa 19: Aer Lingus 20: KLMDISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
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