Qantas leads 10 safest airlines in the world

[Foreigner]

Australia's Qantas Airlines named safest air carrier in the world after going more than 60 years without a fatal crash | Mail Online

In addition to Qantas, the website lists Air New Zealand, All Nippon Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Eva Air, Royal Jordanian, Singapore Airlines and Virgin Atlantic as the 10 safest airlines in the world.

No U.S.-based airlines made it into the top 10.

 

[moa999]

Seem to be more Qantas bashers in the UK than you even get in the Australian press.

 

[samh004]

I'm sure I saw a similar article the other day. It had to feature really.

 

[Foreigner]

I'm sure SQ did have a crash in TPE with fatalities...maybe 15 years ago.

 

[mannej]

I'm sure SQ did have a crash in TPE with fatalities...maybe 15 years ago.

They did.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Airlines_Flight_006

Not reading the article but assuming it is by Geoffrey Thomas, his rating system looks at accidents/crashes within the previous 10 years when determining the safety rating.

 

[Buzzard]

Interesting that you can have a crash with fatalities and still get into the top 10.

Maybe there aren't that many airlines that haven't crashed :shock:

 

[moa999]

And then we have EK incident at MEL which I suspect was far closer to disaster than either of QFs recent incidents

 

[mannej]

Interesting that you can have a crash with fatalities and still get into the top 10.

Maybe there aren't that many airlines that haven't crashed :shock:

Again, it looks at the recency of any accidents amongst other things.

 

[RooFlyer]

For me, the article was notable for revealing that there is an airline in Kazakhstan called "Scat" .

 

[VHOEJ]

They did.
Singapore Airlines Flight 006 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Not reading the article but assuming it is by Geoffrey Thomas, his rating system looks at accidents/crashes within the previous 10 years when determining the safety rating.

That is a joke. 10 years isn't long in aviation. 87 people died in that SQ crash and they are deemed to be safer than other airlines? I would argue some of the US carriers should be in the top 10 ahead of them, given thier recent safety record

 

[marki]

For me, the article was notable for revealing that there is an airline in Kazakhstan called "Scat" .

Like it Scat...

 

[mannej]

That is a joke. 10 years isn't long in aviation. 87 people died in that SQ crash and they are deemed to be safer than other airlines? I would argue some of the US carriers should be in the top 10 ahead of them, given thier recent safety record

Here is the rating system for you.

Airline Ratings