Qantas named world’s safest airline (again)

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AirlineRatings.com has named Australian flag carrier Qantas as the world’s safest airline for 2021. Along with the safest airline announcement, the website has named its Top Twenty safest airlines and Ten Safest Low-Cost Airlines for 2021. 
Qantas has been selected as the safest airline after taking into account its 100-year history which has seen the airline consistently be at the forefront of safety and innovation. 

Top 20 Safest Airlines

1. Qantas
2. Qatar Airways
3. Air New Zealand
4. Singapore Airlines
5. Emirates
6. EVA Air
7. Etihad Airways
8. Alaska Airlines
9. Cathay Pacific Airways
10. British Airways
11. Virgin Australia/Virgin Atlantic
12. Hawaiian Airlines
13. Southwest Airlines
14. Delta Air Lines,
15. American Airlines
16. SAS
17. Finnair
18. Lufthansa
19. KLM
20. United Airlines.

AirlineRatings.com Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Thomas says
"there is very little between the top 20, they are all standouts,”

Evaluating Factors of the Safest Airlines in the World

In making its evaluation of the safest airlines in the world, AirlineRatings.com takes into account a comprehensive range of factors that include: airline’s crash and serious incident record, audits from aviation’s governing and industry bodies, government audits, industry-leading safety initiatives, and fleet age. In selecting Qantas as the world’s safest airline for 2021, AirlineRatings.com editors noted that over its 100-year history the world’s oldest continuously operating airline has amassed a truly amazing record of firsts in operations and safety and is now accepted as the industry’s most experienced airline. The Australian airline has been a clear leader in the development of Future Air Navigation System; real-time monitoring of its engines across its fleet, the flight data recorder to monitor plane and later crew performance; automatic landings using Global Navigation Satellite System as well as precision approaches around mountains in the cloud using RNP.
Qantas has been first or second to introduce the 16 major safety enhancements introduced in the past 60 years.

Top 10 Safest Low-Cost Airlines

In alphabetical order:
Air Arabia,
Allegiant,
easyjet,
Frontier,
Jetstar Group,
Jetblue,
Ryanair,
Vietjet,
Westjet,
Wizz.

Mr. Thomas said the site only looked at serious incidents in making its determinations.
“All airlines have incidents every day and many are aircraft manufacture issues, not airline operational problems,” he said. “It is the way the flight crew handles incidents that determines a good airline from an unsafe one.”

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