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