One thing businesspeople do is travel, and much of this travel takes place via airlines. In fact, Americans log more than 452 million business trips each year, a significant number of which involve air travel.
While low prices are always a big plus when it comes to air travel, airline safety records are understandably even more important for travelers.
AirlineRatings.com recently published a survey of the top-20 safest airlines in the world. This survey drew from airline fatality records, operational histories, past incidents, and government audits. Is your favorite airline on the list?
#1 Qantas (for the third year in a row)
The remaining 19 airlines on the top-20 safest airlines list were provided by AirlineRatings.com in alphabetical, not rank order. Notably missing from the top-20 list is U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines.
Air New Zealand
Alaska Airlines
All Nippon Airlines
American Airlines
Cathay Pacific Airways
Emirates
Etihad Airways
EVA Air
Finnair
Hawaiian Airlines
Japan Airlines
KLM
Lufthansa
Scandinavian Airline System
Singapore Airlines
Swiss
United Airlines
Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Australia
