AirlineRatings.com, a fully dedicated airline company, publishes a list annually safest airlines in the world.
The company’s safety assessment system was developed with the help of specialists from the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization.
To make a list, site experts evaluate:
- each company for compliance with international standards;
- deaths over the past decade;
- the degree of aging of the aircraft fleet;
- Does the country where the airline is located comply with the eight-point safety scale of the International Civil Aviation Organization?
As a result, out of 405 air carriers, 20 companies were selected that underwent a test flight for “five out of five”. We from this list chose the top 10 safest airlines of 2019 from different parts of the world. Airlines located in Russia have their own security rating.
10. Air New Zealand (New Zealand)
Despite the fact that the New Age for the New Zealand company did not start very well - as a result of unsuccessful decisions of the management, a financial crisis ensued - now it clearly feels better. Not for nothing that AirlineRatings.com has been listing Air New Zealand for the third year in a row on the list of safest airlines.
Over the past twenty years, not a single incident has occurred on the planes of this air carrier, which could endanger the lives of passengers and crew.
9. Alaska Airlines (USA)
Although the airline is called Alaska, its headquarters are actually located in Seattle, an American city in Washington state. This is perhaps the most popular airline on the entire west coast of North America. Two years ago, the company expanded its presence in the air transportation market by acquiring Virgin America, which ceased to exist as a separate brand.
There have been no serious incidents on Alaska Airlines since 2000, when a plane with 88 people on board crashed into the waters of the Gulf of California. Unfortunately, they all died.
8. All Nippon Airlines (Japan)
The airline was founded in 1954, and since then it has been pleasing its passengers with truly Japanese, sophisticated and polite service and quality of service.
Last year, Skytrax, an airline rating site, ranked All Nippon Airlines as one of the top six airlines in the world. The Japanese carrier had no accidents for more than 45 years.
7. Emirates (UAE)
Over the past 20 years, the Middle East air carrier has become increasingly popular. It was created under the protectorate of the Sultan of the United Arab Emirates for the development and popularization of tourism, but has since become one of the largest air operators in the Middle East.
Arab airlines are distinguished not only by their elite level of service, but also by the impressive absence of accidents. Over the 31 years of its existence at Emirates, there has been only one serious accident. Of the 282 passengers and 18 crew members, no one was killed, and only 14 people went to the hospital.
6. Eva Air (Taiwan)
The main feature of one of the safest airlines in 2019, which sets it apart from the rest, is the numerous Hello Kitty images on the aircraft body.
However, despite the frivolous appearance, the Taiwanese carrier is considered one of the best in all of Southeast Asia. There have not been a single serious incident on the company's airlines since its inception in 1988.
5. Hawaiian Airlines (USA)
One of the oldest airline companies in the United States was founded in 1929 and has since earned a reputation for being safe and comfortable.
Now in the airline's fleet there are more than 50 aircraft. And for all the time of its existence, that is, for more than 99 years, the company has not had a single accident with deaths.
4. Lufthansa (Germany)
One of the most well-known airlines in Europe and around the world every year transports more than 100 million people around the globe. And its air fleet totals 290 aircraft.
Since 1993, when a passenger plane crashed to the ground at the Warsaw Airport (two out of 48 people died), the airline had no fatal accidents.
3. SAS (Scandinavian countries)
Scandinavian Airlines (the acronym SAS stands for Scandinavian Airlines) is the most popular airline among our northern neighbors. 50% of it belongs to the states of three Scandinavian countries - Sweden, Norway and Denmark, and the remaining 50% is in the hands of private investors.
However, despite some fragmentation of management, the airline has high safety standards. The last tragic incident occurred in 2001, when a Scandinavian Airlines passenger airliner crashed over a Milan airport with a Cessna brand aircraft. All 114 people on board both aircraft died.
2. Virgin Airlines (UK)
The company was created in 1984 by two flight enthusiasts who later sold it to multimillionaire Richard Branson. Then the position of Virgin Airlines was not easy - I had to fight for existence with the British aviation giant British Airways, which did not hesitate to resort to dubious tricks.
Despite all the difficulties, Virgin Airlines managed to withstand and gain a reputation as the second safest and most reliable airline in the world. Since 2012, 49% of the company has been owned by the US-based Delta Airlines. Throughout its existence, the company has not had a single fatal incident. Also, no subsidiary company, Virgin Australia, created 15 years later, had a serious accident.
In total, over the 34 years of existence, Virgin Airlines had only three incidents:
- chassis failure (passengers suffered minor injuries);
- failure of the fuel management system (during the flight until the emergency landing in Amsterdam, the crew pumped fuel manually);
- and an unsuccessful take-off at the Hong Kong airport (no one was hurt).
1. Quantas (Australia)
Although the compilers of the airline safety rating chose to arrange the winners in alphabetical order, they decided to make an exception for one participant. To the extent that they were struck by Quantas, the experts at AirlineRatings.com decided to award the Australian airline the title of safest in the world at the beginning of 2019.
Over its nearly a hundred-year history (founded in 1921), the company has accumulated vast experience in the field of operation and safety on its flights, and now generously shares knowledge with others. Quantas specialists are developing a new generation air navigation system and have created a flight data recorder to monitor the operation of the aircraft and crew. Now, using the navigation satellite system, you can autopilot to land the aircraft with high accuracy, as well as safely drive the vehicle through the mountains during high clouds.
And Quantas has become one of the first airlines in the world to monitor the status of all aircraft in its fleet in real time. This allows you to diagnose problems before they become a direct threat to the safety of the aircraft and everyone in it.
