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The world’s top 20 safest airlines to fly with in 2019

And four of the worst.

If you’re an avid traveller, then it’s always good to stay across the names of airlines that have high safety standards and customer service. However, tracking down this information from a reliable source can be a tricky task. Lucky for you, Airlineratings.com – the world’s largest airline safety and product rating review website – has compiled a list of the top 20 best airlines in the world for safety. They’ve also named some of the airlines with the worst safety standards, too.

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Australian airline Qantas topped the list and was named as the world’s safest airline for 2019 by the online organisation. Airlineratings.com evaluates the best and worst airlines by examining audits from aviation governing and industry bodies, government audits, airline’s crash and serious incident record, profitability, fleet age and industry-leading safety initiatives.

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The world’s four worst airlines for 2019 are Indonesian airline Trigana Air Service; Bluewing Airlines, based in Suriname; and two Afghan carriers, Ariana Afghan Airlines and Kam Air.

The world’s safest low-cost airlines were named to be Flybe, Frontier, HK Express, Jetblue, Jetstar Australia/Asia, Thomas Cook, Volaris, Vueling, Westjet and Wizz.

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To see the full list of the top 20 safest airlines in the world in alphabetical order, check out the below list. 

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Air New Zealand

Alaska Airlines

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All Nippon Airways

American Airlines

Austrian Airlines

British Airways

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Cathay Pacific Airways

Emirates

EVA Air

Finnair

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Hawaiian Airlines

KLM

Lufthansa

Qantas

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Scandinavian Airline System

Singapore Airlines

Swiss

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United Airlines

Virgin group of airlines (Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Australia)

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