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25 airlines each received an award for the best level of safety. Source: Freepik
Traveling by plane often causes passengers to fear for their safety. For those who are concerned, experts recommend paying more attention to the ratings of the safest airlines.
A fresh report was recently published by Airline Ratings, a service that specializes in this topic. Its experts named the 25 safest full-service airlines and the 25 safest low-cost airlines for 2025. In total, the service monitors 385 carriers around the world.
To compile its rankings, Airline Ratings interviewed pilots and aviation experts and collected data on the following areas: serious incidents in the company over the past two years, age of the aircraft it operates, fleet size, incident frequency, airline fatalities, carrier profitability, IOSA certificates, ICAO audits in the country, and pilot skills and training. As a result, the experts created two lists.
The 25 best full-service airlines
This list includes (in order from the highest-rated carrier):
- Air New Zealand
- Qantas
- Cathay Pacific; Qatar Airways; Emirates
- Virgin Australia
- Etihad Airways
- ANA
- EVA Air
- Korean Air
- Alaska Airlines
- Turkish Airlines (THY)
- TAP Portugal
- Hawaiian Airlines
- American Airlines
- SAS
- British Airways
- Iberia
- Finnair
- Lufthansa/Swiss
- JAL
- Air Canada
- Delta Airlines
- Vietnam Airlines
- United Airlines
According to Sharon Petersen, CEO of AirlineRatings.com, Air New Zealand and Qantas were very closely competing for the first place. However, the newer fleet gave New Zealand Airlines an advantage.
Compared to last year's list, some of the most significant changes include the emergence of such carriers as Iberia and Vietnam Airlines. In addition, Korean Air managed to break into the top ten. On the contrary, Singapore Airlines and KLM dropped out of the top of the safest airlines. However, they still remain very safe and retain their seven-star safety rating.
The 25 safest low-cost airlines
Among the airlines that provide a limited list of services at a reduced ticket price, the best are (in order from the highest-rated carrier):
- Hong Kong Express
- Jetstar Group
- Ryanair
- easyJet
- Frontier Airlines
- AirAsia
- Wizz Air
- VietJet Air
- Southwest Airlines
- Volaris
- flydubai
- Norwegian
- Vueling
- Jet2
- Sun Country Airlines
- WestJet
- JetBlue Airways
- Air Arabia
- IndiGo
- Eurowings
- Allegiant Air
- Cebu Pacific
- ZipAir
- SKY Airline
- Air Baltic
Compared to last year's list, the new list includes Zipair, Jet2, and Air Baltic. But Spirit Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy in November, has dropped out.
How safe is it to use modern air transportation
A recent study of flight safety found that from 2018 to 2022, the global risk of death per flight was approximately one per 13.7 million passengers. By comparison, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 1.19 million people died in road traffic accidents in 2023. That's about two deaths per minute on a global scale.
While these statistics emphasize the relative safety of flights, the loss of more than 200 lives in December 2024 alone, including the passenger plane shot down in Russia, is significantly higher than the 72 fatalities recorded by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in 2023.
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