On January 5, the international independent airline rating website AirlineRatings announced the 20 safest airlines for 2017.
Qantas has never had a fatal flight accident in its nearly 100 years of operation and is recognized as the safest airline in the world.
The other 19 airlines on the list include (in alphabetical order):
Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, All Nippon Airways, British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Delta Air Lines, Etihad Airways, EVA Air, Finnair, Hawaiian Airlines, Japan Airlines, KLM, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airline System, Singapore Airlines, Swiss, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, and Virgin Australia.
The 10 safest low-cost airlines selected this year include (in alphabetical order):
Aer Lingus, Flybe, HK Express, JetBlue, Jetstar Australia, Jetstar Asia, Thomas Cook Airlines, Virgin America, Vueling Airlines, and WestJet.
AirlineRatings.com selected these two lists from the 425 airlines it monitors. The evaluation system includes safety audits from aviation regulatory bodies such as the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the International Civil Aviation Organization, as well as various national governments, and the crash records of each airline.
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