Experts from the Hamburg aviation accident bureau JACDEC presented the latest ranking of the world’s safest airlines. The first place was taken by the Dubai carrier Emirates, which has been at the top of the leaders for several years.
According to experts, the safety rating is based on the accident history of airlines over the past 30 years; the specifics of the country in which they work; and specific risk factors of airlines. The maximum achievable score is 100. According to these indicators, the airlines that are in the top 5 balance from 95 to 90. The leaders are also carriers from the Netherlands, the USA, and Great Britain.
The complete top-15 safest carriers according to the results of 2022 looks like this:
- Emirates, UAE (risk index 95.05%)
- KLM, Netherlands (93.31)
- Jetblue Airways, USA (91.61)
- Delta Air Lines, USA (91.55)
- Easyjet, Great Britain (91.28)
- Air Canada, Canada (90,90)
- Southwest Airlines, USA (89.73)
- Spirit Airlines, USA (89.73)
- Ryanair, Ireland (89.41)
- Qatar Airways, Qatar (89.24)
- United Airlines, USA (88.52)
- Sichuan Airlines, China (88.13)
- Shenzhen Airlines, China (88.09)
- British Airways, Great Britain (87.99)
- IndiGo (87.97)
Meanwhile, the competitor of the German experts, the Airlineratings company, also presented a rating of the safest low-cost carriers that is interesting for the consumer. Points are not awarded to them, listed alphabetically. The list includes Air Arabia, Allegiant, Easyjet, Frontier, Jetstar Group, Jetblue, Ryanair, Vietjet, Westjet, and Wizz.