Set Your Nerves At Ease In The Sky Booking With These Airlines
by Heather Cassell
I might be unusual, but I don’t worry much about flying. I worry more every day with the crazy drivers on the freeway.
However, for the rest of the 3.6 billion people on 34 million flights last year that squeeze the armrest when taking off, hit a bit of turbulence, and while landing, this list should guide you in your flight decisions in 2016:
- Qantas topped the list for the third year in a row.
- Air New Zealand
- Alaska Airlines
- All Nippon Airlines
- American Airlines
- Cathay Pacific Airways
- Emirates
- Etihad Airways
- EVA Air
- Finnair
- Hawaiian Airlines
- Japan Airlines
- KLM
- Lufthansa
- Scandinavian Airline System
- Singapore Airlines
- Swiss
- United Airlines
- Virgin Atlantic
- Virgin Australia
Budget Airlines:
- Aer Lingus
- Flybe
- HK Express
- Jetblue
- Jetstar
- Australia
- Thomas Cook
- TUI Fly
- Virgin America
- Volaris
- Westjet
These budget airlines all passed the stringent International Air Transport Association Operational Safety Audit and have excellent safety records, according to the organization’s January 5 news release.
The study was conducted by AirlineRatings.com and published January 5. The Australia-based airline safety organization launched in 2013 monitors 407 airlines around the world and gathers data from airline’s fatality record, government audits, governing bodies, and trade associations. AirlineRatings.com compared and analyzed each airline’s operational history, incident records and operational excellence to arrive at its top twenty safest airlines, according to the organization’s release.
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