These are the 20 safest airlines in the world
According to AirlineRatings.com Qantas the safest airline in the world. Qantas has not been involved in a single fatal aircraft accident since its existence.
AirlinesRating annually lists the twenty safest airlines in the world. The European airlines that are in the list are our KLM but also Lufthansa, Finnair, SAS, Swiss and Virgin Atlantic.
It is interesting for Thailand visitors to know that Emirates, Etihad Airways and EVA Air are also in the list of safe airlines.
When compiling the top twenty, various criteria are taken into account, such as: ratings from national and international aviation authorities (IOSA certification), the number of fatal accidents in the past ten years and also the country of origin. It is also checked whether an airline is on the European black list of unsafe airlines. If an airline's fleet consists exclusively of Russian equipment, this results in negative points.
Here is the list in alphabetical order:
- Air New Zealand
- Alaska Airlines
- All Nippon Airlines
- American Airlines
- Cathay Pacific Airways
- Emirates
- Etihad Airways
- EVA Air
- Finnair
- Hawaiian Airlines
- Japan Airlines
- KLM
- Lufthansa
- Qantas
- Scandinavian Airlines System
- Singapore Airlines
- Swiss
- United Airlines
- Virgin Atlantic
- Virgin Australia
Source: http://www.airlineratings.com/news/630/who-are-the-worlds-safest-airlines-for-2016
Strange criteria.
Country of origin, only Russian equipment.
You would think that it only matters whether planes fall out of the sky or not, not where the planes are built, or which country flies them.
Such criteria open the door to influencing the position of airlines in the ranking.
Companies that have never had accidents can never get to the top because they are in the wrong country, or buy planes in the wrong country.
With an average of around 1000 deaths per year on 3.5 billion passengers, spread over dozens, if not hundreds, of airlines, lists of this kind lack any statistical significance, apart from the – debatable – criteria used.
Objectively you can really only pay attention to what has happened per society in the relatively recent past. That is about the same as looking at the roulette tables in a casino to see which number has often fallen on a table, or not for a long time. Both observations have no predictive value.
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On the website http://www.avherald.com all crashes, accidents, incidents and malfunctions are collected.
Definitely not recommended for people who are influenced by the aforementioned safety lists when choosing a particular airline.
I've been flying China Airlines for 16 years and I really like it, but I don't see them on this list. Is that a good or a bad sign??? I'm curious………..
you can find China Airlines in the top 10 most dangerous airlines. They have been ranked high in this for years.
They are in place 59, not to get scared right away. you are right you better climb 49 places……….
There is another list: http://www.jacdec.de/airline-safety-ranking-2015/
China Airlines is in penultimate place there, so unsafe. This has to do with some major incidents from the past. Accidents and incidents:
August 12, 1970: An airline YS-11 hit a mountainside while landing in Taipei. 14 persons were killed. This was the airline's first fatal accident.
– In 1971, a China Airlines Caravelle crashed after being blown up by a bomb. 25 people were killed. The incident took place over Penghu Islands.
– In 1985, the pilot of China Airlines Flight 006 lost control of the plane, after everything was okay, an emergency landing was made at San Francisco International Airport.
– In 1986, a Boeing 737 crashed in Makung, Penghu Islands, 13 people died.
– In 1991, a Boeing 747 cargo plane crashed at Wanli, Taiwan, after engines number 3 and 4 stopped and the plane crashed into a mountain. Five persons were killed.
– In 1994, an accident with an Airbus A300 occurred during the landing of the aircraft in Nagoya (Japan). 264 persons were killed.
– In 1998, a second incident involving an Airbus A300 took place during landing. This time it happened in Taipei, the 196 occupants and 7 people on the ground were killed.
– In 2002, China Airlines Flight 611 broke into several pieces during a flight to Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong. All occupants were killed.
– In August 2007, China Airlines Flight 120 exploded while taxiing after landing at Naha Airport, Okinawa, Japan. All 165 passengers and crew members were evacuated in time. The aircraft was a Boeing 737 from the -800 series.
Source: Wikipedia
Thank you… I will fly it (again) at the end of the month…
I follow you at the end of February. And I am sure that I will fly with China Airlines again next year. If things go wrong I wish you all the best…………
There are, however, differences in the starting points of the lists. The 1 cleans up when you fly 10 years without damage. Others do not count terror and others do. It is a jumble and it is difficult to estimate what the current situation is with, among other things, maintenance and training levels. A society can tackle things, but if you keep counting the past, you won't really get ahead on the lists.
How can you make his list?
It's not much of a difference, American Airlines flies (including Regional) with more than 1.280 aircraft and HAWAIIAN with only 46 pieces.
A ratio of 30:1 and yet American is also on the list, which I think is a very good achievement, considering the many bad weather (snow, tornadoes) in the USA.