Security, which are the top companies? Spoiler: there are also two Italian ones. Here are the 2025 rankings from airlineratings.com
Punctual as every year, even in this 2025 that has just begun airlineratings.com has published its ranking of the 25 most [...]
Punctual as every year, even in this 2025 that has just begun airlineratings.com published the ranking of the 25 safest airlines in the world.
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As we have recounted in these pages, the specialized site has recognized, since 2013, a score out of seven stars (the ultimate in safety) to about 400 airlines. The assessments are based on a number of elements, including the accidents with fatalities recorded in the previous 5 years, accidents related to pilot errors (always occurred in the previous 5 years), the inspections Of government and aviation agencies successfully passed, the average age of the fleet And crew training.
The safest airlines in the world
The podium ranking relative to 2025 is almost identical to last year's. In first and second place we find Air New Zealand and Qantas, respectively. The third position, on the other hand, this year is occupied in a tie this year by. Cathay Pacific, Qatar and Emirates.
Rounding out the top 10 are Virgin Australia, Etihad Airways, ANA, EVA Air, Korean Air, Alaska Airlines and Turkish Airlines. First among the European airlines is. TAP Air Portugal (last year it was Finnair), which placed at the11th place, followed by Hawaiian Airlines, American Airlines, SAS, British Airways, Iberia, Finnair, Lufthansa and Swiss, JAL Japan Airlines, Air Canada, Delta, Vietnam Airlines and United.
The only two Italian airlines evaluated by the site are ITA Airways and Air Dolomiti: they are out of the ranking, however both Have achieved the highest rating of 7 stars.
The safest low-cost airlines
What about the low-cost carriers? Airlineratings.com, as usual, also published the ranking dedicated solely to low-cost carriers. Hong Kong Express excelled this year, with JetStar in second place.
Taking the lowest step of the podium, however, is the Irish Ryanair, first among Europeans; wooden medal for rival easyJet. In 5th place, then, we find, Frontier, 6th AirAsia, 7th position for Wizz Air, 8th for VietJet Air, 9th for Southwest and 10th for Volaris. Finally, flydubai, Norwegian, Vueling, Jet2, Sun Country Airlines, WestJet, JetBlue Airways, Air Arabia, IndiGo, Eurowings, Allegiant Air, Cebu Pacific, ZipAir, SKY Airline and Air Baltic close the ranking.
The world's least secure companies: there's also a European one
There are not many, but they are there. Companies that have been rated with one star include, for example, Aeroflot and Pakistan International Airlines - which just in the past few days has been removed from the EU Air Safety List; 2 stars, however, for China Eastern, EgyptAir, Ethiopian and Pegasus (the only European to sport such a low rating, with less than 5 stars).
