World's safest airlines for 2021 unveiled: which UAE airlines made the minimize?

The global pandemic might have grounded flights all over the world in 2020, but that wasn't enough to lessen the number of people killed in air incidents.

Actually, 42 more persons died in significant aviation incidents in 2020 than in 2019, according to airlineratings.com. This is one of the explanations why airline safety remains to be at the forefront of travellers' minds.

The website has revealed which airlines will be the safest as part of its annual safety rankings. The safeness and product score website considers audits from governing and sector bodies; federal government audits; crash and major incident records from specific airlines; profitability, industry-leading safety initiatives; and fleet time to conclude its ranking.

The global pandemic has added additional criteria. As airlines resumed flying after grounding fleets, aircrafts that had been parked for months needed to be considered operationally secure, and the retraining of crew, pilots and surface staff after intervals of non-service were as well considered.

“This past year was extremely difficult for airlines with Covid-19 slashing travel and Airline Ratings editors own looked particularly at the lengths airlines are likely to retrain pilots before a go back to service. Regarding Qantas, a 737 pilot undergoes a six-day study course, including a moment on well-being," said Airline Ratings's editor-in-chief, Geoffrey Thomas.

Which airline arrived on top?

The safest airline in the world is Qantas. Australia's major airline and the country's flag carrier was rated first of all by airlineratings.com.

"Qantas possesses been the business lead airline in nearly every major operational safety advancement in the last 60 years and hasn't had a fatality in the pure-jet period,” said Thomas.

Qantas operated fewer flights found in 2020 than in previous years following the airline grounded international flights within its long-term recovery strategy. It really is set to get started selling tickets on virtually all international routes again from July 1, 2021.

“These airlines have spectacular records and so are at the forefront of safety,” said Thomas.

“Australia’s Qantas, for instance, has been recognised by the British Advertising and marketing Standards Association, in a test case in 2008, as the world’s most experienced airline.”

Dubai's Emirates ranked as the fifth safest airline in 2020 and Etihad, the national airline of the UAE, was listed in seventh position.