By far the plane is the fastest among the passenger modes of transport. However, millions of people are afraid to fly - after all, there are at least several major plane crashes every year, in which hundreds of passengers die.
It is possible to reduce the risk by choosing for travel the most reliable airlines... It is not difficult to determine them, because a number of research organizations regularly analyze the activities of carriers, publishing the results of the assessment. Today we offer airline safety rating according to the German research bureau JACDEC. To answer the question: “Which airline is the safest in the world?", Experts have evaluated the statistics of accidents over the past 10 years.
15. Transaero is the safest airline in Russia
Transaero ranks second among national companies in terms of passenger traffic. No really serious accidents that led to the death of people happened to the aircraft of the airline.
14. EVA Air
- Chinese Airlines, carrying passengers since 1989. No serious accidents with the company's aircraft have happened since its inception.
13. British Airways
- hasn't made headlines since 1976, when a British Airways liner collided in the sky with an Inex Adria plane. 63 people died. Since then, British Airways have flown without loss.
12. Lufthansa
— although it has to its credit the incident that killed two passengers in 1993, it is as reliable as the others world safe airlinesincluded in the rating.
11. Qantas
— last year topped the JACDEC list, but due to a change in the assessment methodology, it dropped to 11th place. However, Qantas Australia is considered to be highly reliable and is in the top ten ranking.The safest airlines»From the Swiss agency ATRA.
10. Air New Zealand
— closes the top ten safest airlines. For 32 years of existence, the company has not lost a single liner.
9. Air Berlin
- the second German carrier to reach high positions in the rating. The airlines have had 32 years of trouble-free flights.
8. Virgin Blue
- Australian airlines, carrying passengers for 11 years. No serious accidents were registered on the company's flights.
7. Emirates
— differs not only in high level service, but also in high reliability. All flights of the company for 26 years have been absolutely safe.
6. JetBlue
Is an American carrier that has not killed a single passenger or crew member in 11 years of operation on the market.
5. Hainan Airlines
Is the safest airline in China. On the account of the carrier - 18 years of flights without losses.
4. Etihad Airways
Is the youngest airline in the ranking. For 8 years of operation, the carrier from the United Arab Emirates has not lost a single aircraft.
3. Cathay Pacific
Is a major air carrier from Hong Kong. The company has achieved 39 years of accident-free flights.
2. Finnair
Is the safest airline in Europe. The Finnish carrier has been on the market since 1923. The last accident, which killed 22 passengers, happened to the company's liner in 1963.
1. All Nippon Airways is the safest airline in the world according to JACDEC
The leader of the rating boasts 40 years of trouble-free flights. Although unpleasant incidents happened with the company's liners, in 1995 and 1999 All Nippon Airways aircraft were captured from terrorists. And if in the first case no one was killed, then in the second one pilot was killed.
Among the Russian air carriers in the JACDEC rating, in addition to Transaero, the leader of the national market, Aeroflot, took 35th place. Aeroflot's reputation was spoiled by the Airbus A310 crash that occurred on a flight from Moscow to Hong Kong in 1993.