Safest airlines in the world 2026

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We review the list again safest airlines of the world, both traditional and low cost, to travel during this 2026.

AirlineRatings.com, the only global airline safety and product rating website, has announced its list of 25 full service airlines and 25 safer low cost airlines for 2026, from among the 320 airlines that monitor.

When making the list, the executive director, Sharon Petersen, highlighted the importance of travelers understanding the narrow gap between the world's safest airlines and that small numerical differences should not be interpreted as security gaps.

“What stands out this year is the little difference between the leaders. Less than four points covered the positions of the 1 al 14, and at the top, the margins were even narrower, with only 1,3 points of difference between the positions of the 1 al 6 in the full service category. We may be reaching a point where traditional rankings can be misleading and where grouping airlines by performance levels more accurately reflects reality. All top airlines 25 They are world leaders in aviation safety, and claims that one is significantly safer or less safe than another are sensational and false.”.

Safest airlines in 2026

When explaining the methodology of the classifications, he claimed:

“Much of our criteria remains constant year after year and considers incident rates adjusted to the total number of flights, the age of the fleet, serious incidents, pilot training and international safety audits. One change for this year is that we are placing greater emphasis on turbulence prevention, as it continues to be the main cause of injuries in flight. For it, we consider the airline's participation in the IATA Turbulence Aware1 program or equivalent, as well as in the Airline Ratings onboard safety audit. The transparency of airlines is also essential in this process.

Safer traditional airlines

1. Etihad
2. Cathay Pacific
3. Qantas
4. Qatar
5. Emirates
6. Air New Zealand
7. Singapore Airlines
8. EVA Air
9. Virgin Australia
10. Korean Air
11. STARLUX
12. Turkish Airlines
13. Virgin Atlantic
14. ANA
15. Alaska Airlines
16. TAP Air Portugal
17. SAS
18. British Airways
19. Vietnam Airlines
20. Iberia
21. Lufthansa
22. Air Canada
23. Delta
24. American Airlines
25. Fiji Airways

Safer low cost airlines

1. HK Express
2. Jetstar Airways
3. Scoot
4. flydubai
5. EasyJet Group
6. Southwest
7. airBaltic
8. VietJet Air
9. Wizz Air Group
10. AirAsia Group
11. TUI UK
12. Vueling
13. Norwegian
14. JetBlue
15. FlyNAS
16. Cebu Pacific
17. Jet2
18. Ryanair Ireland and UK
19. Spring Airlines China
20. Transavia Group
21. Eurowings Group
22. Volaris
23. WestJet Group
24. GOAL
25. SKY Airline Chile

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