Australian flagship carrier Qantas has started the new year on great terms taking out top spot on the coveted AirlineRatings.Com Safest Airline List for 2023. Reaching such an achievement for the airline saw the Flying Kangaroo beat a massive field of 384 other airlines that the airline watchdog monitors.
Air New Zealand which was last year’s previous winner were just edged out for the top spot by Qantas this year. Qantas has actually never been far from the top of AirlineRatings.Com safety list and has always ranked highly in other various airline safety rankings. In-fact for this particular award it has taken out number 1 sport from 2014 to 2017 and then again from 2019 to 2020.
In making its evaluation and ratings, the airline rating’s watchdog website says that it takes into account a comprehensive range of factors that include serious incidents, recent fatal accidents, audits from aviation’s governing and industry bodies, profitability, industry-leading safety initiatives, expert pilot training assessment and fleet age.
In coming to its decision editors at the watchdog drew upon Qantas’s 100 year operational history without any fatal accidents and its strong track record of introducing new firsts in operations and safety to help cement it as the industry’s most experience and safety driven airline.
Rounding out the 20 twenty were a range of airlines across the Asia Pacific, North America, Middle East and Europe and included in the following order:
Qantas, Air New Zealand, Etihad Airways, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, TAP Air Portugal, Emirates, Alaska Airlines, EVA Air, Virgin Australia/Atlantic, Cathay Pacific Airways, Hawaiian Airlines, SAS, United Airlines, Lufthansa/Swiss Group, Finnair, British Airways, KLM, American Airlines and Delta Air Lines.
