Korean Air ranked 12th, and Japan Airlines, which recently suffered an accident, ranked 20th.
Amid the recent plane crash at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, a ranking of the 25 safest airlines in the world was announced.
According to Forbes on the 3rd (local time), AirlineRatings.com, an airline safety and product evaluation website, announced the ranking of the world’s safest airlines. Air New Zealand, New Zealand’s only major airline, was ranked first.
According to the website, the evaluation criteria considers comprehensive factors, including the airline’s serious accidents, recent fatalities, audits by aviation-related government and industry organizations, professional pilot training evaluations, and aircraft age. Accidents caused by natural disasters, such as bird strikes and breakdowns due to turbulence, were excluded.
Air New Zealand, which took first place in this ranking announcement, has also ranked first in 2022. “Air New Zealand operates its aircraft in some of the most challenging weather environments that test pilots’ skills to the limit,” said Jeffrey Thomas, editor-in-chief of AirlineRatings.com. “New Zealand’s Wellington International Airport is the windiest airport in the world. “One of them,” he said.
Second place is Australia’s Qantas, which took first place last year. “The difference between Air New Zealand and Qantas is only 1.5 points,” Thomas explained. “The reason they came in second place was because of the aging of related equipment.”
In the case of low-cost carriers (LCCs), Australian airline Jetstar, owned by Qantas, ranked first.
The safest airline ranking was ranked 20th until last year, but increased to 25th this year. “The reason we selected the top 25 airlines this year is because the difference in scores between airlines was very small,” Thomas said.
Meanwhile, Korea’s Korean Air was not ranked last year, but this time it ranked 12th as the safest airline, and Japan Airlines, which had a plane crash on the 1st, ranked 20th.
Source: Donga
Mark Jones is a world traveler and journalist for News Rebeat. With a curious mind and a love of adventure, Mark brings a unique perspective to the latest global events and provides in-depth and thought-provoking coverage of the world at large.