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The World’s Safest Airlines Have Been Named for 2025, Canada Reviews

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For travellers out there who find flying quite an anxiety-inducing way to get from A to B, you might find a little comfort in brushing up on the world’s safest airlines. 

AirlineRatings.com produces a list of the safest full-service and low-costs airlines every year, which looks into everything from the fleet age and size to the rate of incidents, fatalities and the skills and training of the pilots. 

Topping the list for full-service airlines is Air New Zealand, which, according to the ranking, upholds the highest safety standards and pilot training across its young fleet of planes. 

Only 1.5 points behind in second place is Qantas, and in joint third it’s Cathay Pacific, Qatar Airways and Emirates. 

But if you usually fly with low-cost operators, there’s a ranking of those, too. In first place for the budget airlines is Hong Kong Express, which has not had any serious incidents this year, maintaining an almost perfect safety record. 

Jetstar Group and Ryanair claim second and third place, and new additions to this list for 2025 include Zipair, Jet2 and Air Baltic.  

These are the world’s safest full-service airlines

  1. Air New Zealand

  2. Qantas

  3. Cathay Pacific, Qatar Airways, Emirates

  4. Virgin Australia

  5. Etihad Airways

  6. ANA

  7. EVA Air

  8. Korean Air

  9. Alaska Airlines

  10. Turkish Airlines (THY)

  11. TAP Portugal

  12. Hawaiian Airlines

  13. American Airlines

  14. SAS

  15. British Airways

  16. Iberia

  17. Finnair

  18. Lufthansa/Swiss

  19. JAL

  20. Air Canada

  21. Delta Airlines

  22. Vietnam Airlines

  23. United Airlines

These are the world’s safest budget airlines

  1. Hong Kong Express

  2. Jetstar Group

  3. Ryanair

  4. easyJet

  5. Frontier Airlines

  6. AirAsia

  7. Wizz Air

  8. VietJet Air

  9. Southwest Airlines

  10. Volaris

  11. flydubai

  12. Norwegian

  13. Vueling

  14. Jet2

  15. Sun Country Airlines

  16. WestJet

  17. JetBlue Airways

  18. Air Arabia

  19. IndiGo

  20. Eurowings

  21. Allegiant Air

  22. Cebu Pacific

  23. ZipAir

  24. SKY Airline

  25. Air Baltic

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