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AirlineRatings.com, the world’s only safety and product rating website, which was launched in June 2013, has announced its top twenty safest airlines and top ten safest low cost airlines for 2016 from the 407 it monitors.

The survey uses a star rating system based on factors such as fatalities over the past 10 years, various safety accreditations or endorsements and, more interestingly, whether the fleet is composed of Russian-built stock (for which airlines are penalised). Operators with the same star rating are split out by examining their accident history.

Unsurprisingly Qantas topped the list for the third year running; the Australian carrier has been fatality-free during the jet-engine era (its last crash took place in 1951). It is joined at the top by other big names including United, American, Lufthansa and Emirates.

Top 20 airlines (alphabetical order)


1. Air New Zealand
2. Alaska Airlines
3. All Nippon Airlines
4. American Airlines
5. Cathay Pacific Airways
6. Emirates
7. Etihad Airways
8. EVA Air
9. Finnair
10. Hawaiian Airlines
11. Japan Airlines
12. KLM
13. Lufthansa
14. Qantas
15. Scandinavian Airline System
16. Singapore Airlines
17. Swiss
18. United Airlines
19. Virgin Atlantic
20. Virgin Australia.


Top ten safest low cost airlines: They are in alphabetical order: 


1. Aer Lingus
2. Flybe
3. HK Express
4. Jetblue
5. Jetstar Australia
6. Thomas Cook
7. TUI Fly
8. Virgin America
9. Volaris
10. Westjet.


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