The airline Air New Zealand turned out to be the safest new airline to fly during the 2024, leaving in second place Qantas. Air New Zealand press photo
The 3 of January of 2024, AirlineRatings.com, a travel information website, airlines and more, named Air New Zealand as the safest airline in the world for 2024. Air New Zealand took first place by a very narrow margin, surpassing Qantas, the safest airline in the world in 2023.
The safest airline in 2024
AirlineRatings.com gives its safety ratings to airlines with a fleet greater than 50 planes depending on a series of factors, including:
- Serious incidents, fatal accidents and regulatory agency reports
- Cost effectiveness
- Security initiatives
- Pilot training
- Fleet age
It should be noted that, the evaluation omits aspects such as strikes with birds, turbulence injuries, weather deviations and lightning, since the airline has no control over these events.
Air New Zealand scored 10 on 10 in all factors, making it one of the safest airlines in the world. The airline has an exceptional safety record, with zero fatal accidents in its 80 years of history.
The twenty safest airlines in the ranking are
- Air New Zealand
- Qantas
- Virgin Australia
- Etihad Airways
- Qatar Airways
- Emirates
- All Nippon Airways
- Finnair
- Cathay Pacific Airways
- Alaska Airlines
- SAS
- Korean Air
- Singapore Airlines
- EVA Air
- British Airways
- Turkish Airlines
- TAP Air Portugal
- Lufthansa/Swiss Group
- KLM
- Japan Airlines
- Hawaiian Airlines
- American Airlines
- Air France
- Air Canada Group
- United Airlines.
Regarding the low cost segment, that many times users have a bad image of them, the safest are: Jetstar, easyJet, Ryanair, Wizz Air, Norwegian, Frontier, Vueling, Vietjet, Southwest, Volaris, flydubai, AirAsia Group **, Cebu Pacific, Sun Country, Spirit, Westjet, JetBlue, Air Arabia, Indigo y Eurowings.
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