AirlineRatings.com (www.AirlineRatings.com), the world's only safety and 
product rating website has named Qantas as its safest airline for 2020.

AirlineRatings.com has also announced its Top Twenty safest airlines and Top 
Ten safest low-cost airlines from the 405 airlines it monitors. 

The top twenty are the who's who of airlines and are in numerical order: 
Qantas, Air New Zealand, EVA Air, Etihad, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, 
Emirates, Alaska Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airways, Virgin Australia, Hawaiian 
Airlines, Virgin Atlantic Airlines, TAP Portugal, SAS, Royal Jordanian, Swiss, 
Finnair, Lufthansa, Aer Lingus and KLM.

"These airlines are clear standouts in the airline industry and are at the 
forefront of safety," said AirlineRatings.com Editor-in-Chief, Geoffrey Thomas.
"For instance, Australia's Qantas has been recognized by the British 
Advertising Standards Association in a test case in 2008 as the world's most 
experienced airline."

"Qantas has been the lead airline in virtually every major operational safety 
advancement over the past 60 years and has not had a fatality in the pure-jet 
era," said Mr Thomas.

AirlineRatings.com editors also identified their Top Ten safest low-cost 
airlines. These are in alphabetical order: Air Arabia, Flybe, Frontier, HK 
Express, IndiGo, Jetblue, Volaris, Vueling, Westjet and Wizz.

In making its selections, AirlineRatings.com editors and its industry advisors 
take into account numerous critical factors that include: audits from 
aviation's governing bodies and lead associations; government audits; airline's 
crash and serious incident record, fleet age, financial position and pilot 
training and culture.

AirlineRatings.com editors, only look at serious incidents in making its 
determinations.

"All airlines have incidents every day and many are aircraft or engine 
manufacture issues instead of airline operational problems. And it is the way 
the flight crew handles incidents that determines a good airline from an unsafe 
one. So just lumping all incidents together is very misleading," said Mr Thomas.

About AirlineRatings.com

AirlineRatings.com (https://www.airlineratings.com/) rates the safety and in-
flight product of 405 airlines using its unique seven-star rating system. It is 
used by millions of passengers from 195 countries and has become the industry 
standard for safety and product rating. The editorial team is one of the 
world's most experienced with 50 awards and 28 industry books.

Source: AirlineRatings.com