World's safest airline:AirlineRatings.com has highlighted the 20 airlines it considers the safest in the world. It says Aussie carrier Qantas is once again the world's safest.
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Air New Zealand: The rest of the 20 airlines weren't ranked and were identified alphabetically. Air New Zealand also featured on the 2018 round-up. leads the way.
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Alaska Airlines: Alaska Airlines is one of the other airlines spotlighted by the Australia-based safety and product rating website.
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All Nippon Airways (ANA): Japan's largest airline ANA also features on the list. AirlineRatings.com Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Thomas says all the carriers on its list are at the forefront of safety, innovation, design and new aircraft.
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American Airlines: When compiling the top 20, AirlineRatings considers audits from aviation's governing bodies, lead associations and governments.
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Austrian Airlines: Austrian Airlines also has a spot in the world's safest airlines round-up. In total, AirlineRatings uses 12 separate criteria to rank the carriers.
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British Airways: AirlineRatings also considers each carrier's crash and serious incident record, fleet age and profitability.
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Cathay Pacific Airways: Asian carrier Cathay Pacific also featured in AirlineRatings.com top 10 airline "excellence" rankings in November 2018. Back then, AirlineRatings said: "The airline is a byword for operational excellence."
Qatar Airways: Qatar Airways is also one of the world's safest airlines, according to AirlineRatings.com
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Scandinavian Airline System (SAS): AirlineRatings.com uses a seven-star rating system to assess the safety and in-flight product of each airline. Scandinavian airline SAS also made the top 20.
United Airlines: "Two US giants American Airlines and United Airlines are in the top twenty as they have reduced their fleet age significantly taking delivery of a large number of new aircraft," says Thomas.
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Virgin Atlantic: The Virgin group of airlines rounds of AirlineRatings.com's top 20 safest. In 2019, the airline will host its first Pride Flight, taking revelers to WorldPride 2019 in New York City.
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Virgin Australia: Virgin America may have merged with Alaska Airlines, but Virgin Australia is still up and running. It's been transporting passengers around the world since 2000.
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Top 10 low-cost airlines with best safety records: The safety of the budget airlines was also assessed by AirlineRatings.com -- with the list including Vueling (pictured), Flybe and Wizz.