As every year, Airlineratings.com screened over 400 airlines before placing twenty at the top of the 2025 edition of its annual ranking.
The safest airline in the world this year is Air New Zealand, ahead of Qantas, which won this award last year and several times.
Airlines ranked in the Top 20
According to AirlineRatings.com, these airlines have earned a spot in the top 20 of this annual ranking, released by a credible source specializing in the aviation industry:
- Air New Zealand
- Qantas
- Cathay Pacific
- Qatar Airways
- Emirates
- Virgin Australia
- Etihad Airways
- ANA
- EVA Air
- Korean Air
- Alaska Airlines
- Turkish Airlines
- TAP Portugal
- Hawaiian Airlines
- American Airlines
- SAS
- British Airways
- Iberia
- Finnair
- Lufthansa.
The airlines on this list were ranked based on three main factors: safety audits, fleet age, and safety management practices.