TOP 10 safest airlines in the world
Recent developments in the global air travel market have made many people question the safety of air travel. This year alone, there were 2 plane crashes: in February, TransAsia Airways 235 crashed (43 people died), and in March - an Airbus A320 of the German airline Germanwings (144 people died). And last year, 2014, was one of the worst in the history of aviation: 968 people died in the 21st plane crash. Despite this, airplanes remain the safest means of transport. For comparison, 1 million 300 thousand people die in car accidents every year in the world. See the TOP 10 safest airlines in the world, compiled by the AirlineRatings.com portal.
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1. Air New Zealand is the best and safest airline in the world. Over the past several decades, there has not been a single serious incident in the air with the aircraft of this company. (Photo: CKwok Photography / flickr.com).
The criteria by which the safety level of 449 of the world's largest airlines was assessed are: compliance with international rules and regulations for flight safety, the number of fatalities in plane crashes over the past 10 years and a safety audit conducted by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
2. Singapore Airlines - since 2000 there have been no accidents involving the aircraft of this airline. (Photo: Peter Walters / flickr.com). Due to the high level of safety among the top ten airlines in the ranking, the AirlineRatings.com portal recognized only the first place. The other nine safest airlines ranked ex æquo [approx. author - this is when the evaluation results for compared objects are identical and more than one object occupies a given place in the rating].
3. Finnair is the Finnish national airline boasting high safety standards, thanks to which, since the 60s of the last century, no serious accidents have occurred with their aircraft. (Photo: Oscar von Bonsdorff / flickr.com). 
4. British Airways is one of the largest and most successful airlines in Europe. Although British Airways has several accidents to its credit, there has only been one serious accident involving their plane - in 1976 - two years after the company was founded. (Clément Alloing / flickr.com). 
5. Cathay Pacific is ranked as the best airline for business class passengers. It is famous not only for its high level of comfort, but also for its safety. The airline hasn't had any major accidents since the 1960s, apart from a terrorist attack in 1972 when a bomb hidden in one of its suitcases exploded on board. (George Lau / flickr.com). 
6. Emirates - over 30 years of its activity, this airline has maintained an almost perfect level of safety. It is worth noting that in the entire history there have been no fatal accidents involving Emirates aircraft. (Photo: Kenny Teo (zoompict) /flickr.com). 
7. Etihad is an airline from Abu Dhabi, it is only 10 years old, but it is famous for its very high level of security. (Photo: JACQUES PANAS / flickr.com). 
8. EVA Air, a Taiwan-based airline, was recently voted "Asia's Best Long Distance Airline" by AirlineRatings.com. This carrier has not had any major incidents since its inception, that is, since 1988. (Photo: Globespotter / flickr.com). 
9. Lufthansa is the largest air carrier in Europe, which was founded in 1955. It is considered to be one of the best long haul airlines in the world. It should also be appreciated that no fatal accidents have occurred on this airline since 1993. (Photo: Mike (Radiostationx) /flickr.com). 
10. Qantas is an Australian company that has earned a reputation as one of the safest airlines in the world for its high safety standards. It is one of the oldest airlines in the world, founded 93 years ago. There have been no fatal accidents on Qantas aircraft since 1951. (Photo: ANZ787900 / flickr.com). For those who are still afraid to fly, we want to present the calculations of the (in) probability of a plane crash, made by Arnold Barnett, professor of statistics at the prestigious MIT. A passenger can fly an airplane every day for about ... 4,000,000 years before a plane crash could happen to the car on board. Moreover, according to a 2001 study by the US National Transportation Safety Board, in the event of an incident in the air, 95.7 percent of the plane's passengers have a chance of survival.
