The safest airlines in the world to use in 2022

This year, Air New Zealand came out on top in the annual safety chart, which tracks 385 carriers from around the world, measuring factors such as the number of plane crashes and serious incidents, the age of their aircraft, and Covid-19 protocols and operational innovations. CNN.

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The past year has proved to be another incredibly difficult year for airlines as the decline in air travel continued through 2021 due to the impact of the ongoing pandemic.

Even now, two years after Covid-19 first rocked the world, there are still far fewer flights and passengers taking to the skies.

The virus is also a major topic of conversation about flight safety, leading to some significant changes to the website's annual list of the world's safest airlines. AirlineRatings.comdedicated to flight safety.

According to Jeffrey Thomas, editor-in-chief of the Australian website, New Zealand's carrier was ranked first "for its excellent incident rate, cockpit innovations, pilot training and very low fleet ages."

Etihad Airways came in second, Qatar Airways in third, and Singapore Airlines and TAP Portugal in fourth and fifth respectively.

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In the top five, Qantas is noticeably missing, which held the title of the safest airline in the world from 2014 to 2017, as well as from 2019 to 2021 (in 2018, it was not possible to find a clear winner).

This time, Australia's flagship carrier is ranked seventh due to "a small increase in the number of incidents coupled with the age of the fleet."

In October 2021, a Qantas Boeing aircraft en route from the Australian city of Perth to Adelaide in Western Australia was rerouted due to fuel imbalance, which was classified as a "serious incident."

“The last two years have been extremely difficult for airlines due to the sharp decline in travel due to COVID-19, and airline ratings editors have particularly focused on airlines committing to retraining pilots before returning to service,” Thomas explains.

“Air New Zealand is leading the way in this area by offering comprehensive retraining,” he added.

The airline has also received accolades for being a global leader in improving operational safety over the past four decades and being one of the first airlines in the world to pilot the use of Assaia Apron artificial intelligence technology to reduce aircraft turn times.

“Air New Zealand excelled across a wide range of safety issues, never losing sight of the smallest details, looking after its flight crews who worked under significant stress,” Thomas said.

In some cases, AirlineRatings simply names the winner before listing the rest of the top airlines in alphabetical order. But recently, the website decided to rank each of the top 20 airlines in numerical order, showing some significant year-to-year changes.

For example, Emirates was ranked fifth on the 2021 list, but the UAE was ranked 20th this year, and Southwest Airlines was ranked 13th in 2021, but not in the new top 20 for 2022.

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AirlineRatings.com has also compiled a list of the safest low cost airlines in the world, which are listed alphabetically as they have the same rating again.

The top ten safest low cost airlines include: Allegiant Air, easyJet, Frontier Airlines, Jetstar Group, Jetblue, Ryanair, Vietjet Air, Volaris, Westjet and Wizz Air.

The safest airlines AirlineRatings.com for 2022:

1. Air new zealand
2 Etihad Airways
3 Qatar Airways
4 Singapore Airlines
5. TAP Air Portugal
6. S.A.S.
7. Qantas
8. Alaska Airlines
9 EVA Air
10. Virgin Australia / Virgin Atlantic
11 Cathay Pacific Airways
12. Hawaiian Airlines
13. American Airlines
14. Lufthansa
15. Finnair
16. KLM
17 British Airways
18. Delta air lines
19. United airlines
20 Emirates

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