{"id":146682,"date":"2024-01-03T21:22:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T21:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=146682"},"modified":"2024-01-03T21:52:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T21:52:37","slug":"air-new-zealand-named-worlds-safest-airline-for-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/air-new-zealand-named-worlds-safest-airline-for-2024.html","title":{"rendered":"Air New Zealand named World\u2019s Safest Airline for 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AirlineRatings.com, website that rates airline safety and products, has named Air New Zealand as its safest airline for 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Air New Zealand has gained the top spot from last year\u2019s winner Qantas by the narrowest of margins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to AirlineRatings.com Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Thomas: \u201cOur Top Twenty-Five Safest Airlines are all standouts in the industry and are at the forefront of safety, innovation, and launching of new aircraft.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe safety margins between these top twenty-five airlines are very small,\u201d Mr. Thomas said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBetween Air New Zealand and Qantas, there are only 1.5 points&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2024\/01\/most-on-time-airlines-and-airports-of-2023.html\">Most On Time airlines and airports of 2023<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In making its evaluation, AirlineRatings.com takes into account a comprehensive range of factors that include serious incidents, recent fatal accidents, audits from aviation\u2019s governing and industry bodies, profitability, industry-leading safety initiatives, expert pilot training assessment and fleet age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the evaluation leaves out such things as bird strikes, turbulence injuries, weather diversions and lightning strikes as the airline has no control over such events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In selecting Air New Zealand as the world\u2019s safest airline for 2024, AirlineRatings.com editors noted that the airline has a firm focus on safety and has excelled across the broad safety spectrum right down to the smallest detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TOP 25 SAFEST AIRLINES FOR 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Air New Zealand<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Qantas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Virgin Australia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Etihad Airways<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Qatar Airways<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emirates<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All Nippon Airways<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finnair<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cathay Pacific Airways<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alaska Airlines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SAS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Korean Air<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Singapore Airlines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EVA Air<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>British Airways<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turkish Airlines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TAP Air Portugal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lufthansa Group<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>KLM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Japan Airlines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hawaiian Airlines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>American Airlines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Air France<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Air Canada Group<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>United Airlines<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TOP 20 SAFEST LOW-COST AIRLINES FOR 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jetstar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>easyJet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ryanair<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wizz Air<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Norwegian<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Frontier<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vueling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vietjet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Southwest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Volaris<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>flydubai<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AirAsia Group<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cebu Pacific<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sun Country<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spirit Airlines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Westjet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>JetBlue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Air Arabia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Indigo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eurowings<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-d40f09ce     uagb-post__items 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