Korean Air ranked 8th in the world's safe airline...What's the first place?
Jan 14, 2025
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The world's only airline safety and product evaluation website, 'Airline Ratings.Com', recently announced the top 25 safest large airlines (FSCs) and low-cost airlines (LCCs) in the world.
Airline Ratings said ▶ whether there has been a serious accident over the past two years ▶ aircraft age ▶ aircraft size ▶ incident rate ▶ death ▶ profitability ▶ IOSA certification ▶ passing of the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) national audit ▶ pilot skills and training were evaluated and selected.
When looking at the safe large airlines by ranking, 'Air New Zealand' and 'Qantas Airways' ranked first and second respectively.
Cathay Pacific, Qatar Airways and Emirates were tied for third place.
It was followed by Virgin Australia, Etihad Airways, Ana Airlines, Eva Airlines, Korean Air, Alaska Airlines, Turkish Airlines, TAP Portugal Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, American Airlines, SAS Airlines, British Airways, Iberia Airlines, Finnair, Lufthansa, JAL, Air Canada, Delta Air Lines, Vietnam Airlines, and United Airlines.
"Compared to last year, the most noticeable changes included Iberia and Vietnam Airlines (debuted on the list) and Korean Air entered the top 10," said Airlines.
The safe, low-cost carrier 'Hong Kong Express' topped the list.
Jetstar Group, Ryanair, EasyJet, Frontier Airlines, AirAsia, Wizz Air, VietJet Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Volaris, Flydubai, Norwegian, Buelling, Jet2, Sun Country Airlines, WestJet, JetBlue Airways, Air Arabia, Indigo, Eurowings, Allegiant Air, Cebu Pacific, Zip Air, Sky Airlines and Air Baltic.
There was no domestic low-cost airline.
Jet2, Zipair and Air Baltic, which were out of the rankings last year, were named this year, while Spirit Airlines, which is suffering from financial difficulties, was excluded from the list, Airlines said.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
