Feb 18, 2025 21:40:00

Air New Zealand is ranked number one in the world's safest airlines for 2025

AirlineRating.com, a website that compiles ratings information about airlines, has released its ranking of the world's safest airlines for 2025, based on the 385 airlines it monitors.

The World's Safest Airlines for 2025
https://www.airlineratings.com/articles/the-worlds-safest-airlines-for-2025

First, Air New Zealand was selected as the top non-low-cost full-service airline. According to Sharon Petersen, CEO of AirlineRating.com, Air New Zealand and second-place Qantas have been in a fierce battle every year, and this time it was decided by a narrow margin of just 1.5 points. Both airlines showed the highest levels in terms of 'safety measures' and 'pilot skills,' but Air New Zealand's slightly newer aircraft made the difference.

Cathay Pacific, Qatar Airways, and Emirates were tied for third place. They received the same scores in the categories of 'safety measures,' 'pilot skills,' 'fleet age,' 'fleet size,' and 'number of incidents' that AirlineRating.com uses to evaluate the three airlines, so they were unable to differentiate themselves.

Major changes include the first-time appearance of Iberia and Vietnam Airlines, and Korean Air's return to the top 10. On the other hand, Singapore Airlines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have sufficient safety measures, but they missed out on the rankings due to the number of incidents they have experienced.

The top 25 companies are as follows:

No.1	Air New Zealand
No.2	Qantas
No.3	Cathay Pacific / Qatar Airways / Emirates
No.6	All Nippon Airways (ANA)
No.7	EVA Air
No.8	Korean Air
No.9	Alaska Airlines
No.10	Turkish Airlines
No.11	Air Portugal
12th place	Hawaiian Airlines official website
13th place	American Airlines
14th place	Scandinavian Airlines
15th place	British Airways
16th place	Iberia
No.17	Finnair
No.18	Swiss International Air Lines (Lufthansa)
19th place	Japan Airlines (JAL)
No.20	Air Canada
No.21	Delta Airlines
No.22	Vietnam Airlines
No.23	United Airlines

LCCs were counted separately, with Hong Kong Express Airlines, which has had no major accidents, taking the top spot. New additions to the ranking include ZIPAIR, Jet2.com, and airBaltic.

No.1	Hong Kong Express
No.2	Jetstar Airways
No.3	Ryanair
No.4	EasyJet
No.5	Frontier Airlines
No.6	AirAsia
No.7	Wizz Air
No.8	VietJet Air
No.9	Southwest Airlines
No.10	Volaris
No.11	flydubai
12th place	Norwegian
13th place	Vueling Airlines
14th place	Jet2.com
15th place	Sun Country Airlines
16th place	WestJet
No.17	JetBlue
No.18	Air Arabia
19th place	Indigo
No.20	Eurowings
No.21	Allegiant Air
No.22	Cebu Pacific
No.23	ZIPAIR
No.24	Sky Airlines
No.25	Air Baltic

By the way, there is another ranking of the 'best airlines in the world', with Korean Air taking first place.

World's Best Airlines For 2025
https://www.airlineratings.com/articles/worlds-best-airlines-for-2025