The safest airlines in the world. Rating for 2016

The world's safest airlines were announced in early January. The independent rating organization Airlineratings, compiling the rating, was guided by the data of state aviation authorities, various inspections, studies, records of mortality. The rating took into account the level of airports in which the airline bases are located, the comfort of their aircrafts and how often the fleet of airliners is updated. The study involved 407 carriers. What is the safest airline in the world? Read about this in the article.

Qantas (Australia)

This carrier tops the rating of the safest airlines in the world. Moreover, it is the largest organization in Australia. Its base is located in Sydney. The airline has earned the title of the safest carrier, since over the past 60 years, none of its aircraft has been in an accident. During the Second World War, several aircraft still crashed (killing about 63 people). Later there were two catastrophes with victims, the last of which happened in 1951. The aircraft fleet of the company is regularly updated. The oldest airliners are only 9 years old.

Alaska Airlines (USA)

The carrier's headquarters are located in the suburbs of Seattle Sievek. The company was founded in 1932. In its entire history, only 4 times its liners fell into an accident. Alaska Airlines has 112 aircraft, which combine three directions. At airports in Portland and Los Angeles there are two additional hubs. The British agency Skytrax has assigned Alaska Airlines three stars.

Air New Zealand (New Zealand)

The services of this carrier have been used for 70 years. The company was founded in 1940. For some time she flew exclusively from New Zealand to Australia. In 1965, the air carrier received the name under which it is known today.

The main bases of the company are the airports of Auckland and Los Angeles. The peculiarity is that it is the only one on the market that carries out flights around the world.

Taking care of the comfort and convenience of its customers, the company regularly updates and improves the itinerary service, providing the fastest flights and best routes. Also at a decent level there is also the reliability of flights.

The company operates flights to 27 destinations only in New Zealand and 26 outward destinations. The air fleet consists of 50 modern aircraft, based on Boeing and Airbus.

All Nippon Airlines (Japan)

The main base is located in the capital of Japan. All Nippon Airlines is the second largest airline in this country. The main specialization of the carrier is domestic flights. International routes are also being carried out. Under her control is the cargo airline AJV. Aircraft run between 49 cities in Japan.

Also, flights to 22 cities of other countries are carried out.

Initially, All Nippon Airlines carried out exclusively helicopter transportation, but a year later the company opened passenger flights from Osaka to Tokyo.

The aircraft fleet has 204 airliners. Also, the company offers its customers participation in the loyalty program after the first flight.

Cathay Pacific Airways

In the East, this carrier is one of the largest. Its base is located at the airport of Hong Kong. Cathay Pacific Airways has a large route network covering not only the countries of the East, but also the United States, Australia, Russia, Europe and Asia. The airline is engaged not only in passenger, but also in freight traffic in more than 100 destinations around the world. The air fleet today totals 97 aircraft.

Cathay Pacific Airways is one of the three largest aviation alliances in the world - Oneworld. All members of the alliance adhere to the same pricing policy and loyalty program. Consulting company Skytrax marked this airline with five stars.

Swiss International Air Lines (Switzerland)

It operates in 70 directions in 40 countries of the world. Air carrier is considered the leader in quality of service. Reliability, responsibility and scrupulousness are the hallmarks of the company's work. The fleet consists of 90 modern airliners, the basis of which are "Airbuses".

The above are the safest airlines in the world. The rest are also noteworthy. In addition to the listed carriers, the list of the safest airlines in the world included Lufthansa (Germany), American Airlines, United Airlines, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Japan Airlines, KLM, SAS (Sweden-Norway-Denmark), Hawaiian Airlines (USA), Virgin Atlantic (Great Britain), Singapore Airlines (Singapore), Virgin Australia (Australia), Swiss (Switzerland), EVA Air (China). But even this is not all.

The safest airlines in the world among budget carriers are Flybe (UK), Jetstar (Australia), HK Express (China), Thomas Cook (United Kingdom), Virgin America (USA), TUI Fly (Germany).

According to Airlineratings, in 2015 there were 16 air crashes, which killed 560 people.

The biggest disaster was the crash of the Airbus-321 company Kogalymavia (killing 224 people). With the fall of the Airbus-320 GermanWings, 150 people were killed.

The safest airlines in the world plan to continue to correspond to such an honorable status.