Top 20 safest airlines

Among the safer airlines, Alitalia is not there, but it has another record: it is the most punctual in Europe.

Compiling the ranking was, as every year, AirlineRatings.com. The famous website looked at a number of parameters, a clear indication of how safe a carrier is for its passengers. What are they? The number of airline disasters and accidents, audits by governing bodies and the aviation industry, safety measures taken, and the age of the fleet.

Here, then, are the scores added together, Qantas ranked as one of the safest airlines.

The safest airlines to fly with in 2021

In naming Qantas "world's safest airline", AirlineRatings.com noted how the Australian carrier, which is then the oldest as it has been operating continuously for no less than a century, has accumulated a truly incredible number of safety records. That is why it is considered a leader in this aspect.

Over the years, Qantas has introduced systems for real-time engine monitoring throughout its fleet, flight data recorder to monitor aircraft and crew performance, automatic landing procedures based on the Global Navigation Satellite System, and precision calculations when aircraft approach mountains.

In addition to Qantas, here is the Top 20 safest airlines To fly with in 2021:

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 Airline
13. Southwest Airlines
14. Delta Air Lines
15. American Airlines
16. SAS
17. Finnair
18. Lufthansa
19. KLM
20. United Airlines

In fact, all 20 companies are considered excellences from a safety perspective. They are innovative carriers that have recently introduced new aircraft and are investing in minimizing the risk factor.

Ryanair press office image (credit: Piotr Mitelski)

The safest low-cost airlines

Not only flag carriers. The site also assessed the safety level of the low cost airlines. The best ten, in alphabetical order, were found to be:

• Air Arabia
• Allegiant
• easyjet
• Frontier
• Jetstar Group
• Jetblue
• Ryanair
• Vietjet
• Westjet
• Wizz

It must be considered that in compiling the ranking, starting in 2020 AirlineRatings.com also takes into account the anti-Covid provisions: compulsory wearing of face mask, daily cleaning of aircraft, PPE provided to crew, sanitary kits for passengers, changes in food service for better hygiene.

Is flying getting safer, then? Probably so. Is it true that 299 aviation fatalities were recorded in 2020 (compared to a reduction in 40% flights), but 176 were caused by a single event (the Ukrainian plane that was accidentally hit by a missile in Iran shortly after takeoff). There were 40 total accidents last year, including 5 with fatalities (in 2019 there were 86, 8 with fatalities). In any case, there are companies to avoid when it comes to safety. Nepal Airlines, Iran Aseman Airlines, Blue Wing (Suriname), Air Blue (Pakistan), Scat (Kazakhstan), Air Algerie (Algeria), and Pakistan International Airlines were found to be the worst.

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