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Qantas loses crown as world’s safest airline

Air New Zealand has narrowly reclaimed its title as the safest airline for 2024.

·Finance Reporter

4 January 2024 at 6:37 pm·2-min read

Qantas has been knocked off the top spot as the world’s safest airline, narrowly losing its crown to Air New Zealand for 2024.

Virgin Australia joined Qantas in the top three of AirlineRatings.com’s annual list of the world’s safest airlines for 2024 based on the 385 different airlines it monitored. Qantas fell to second place in the rankings, while Virgin moved up from 10th place to third.

AirlineRatings.com editor-in-chief Geoffrey Thomas said it was an extremely close tussle between Air New Zealand and Qantas, with just 1.5 points separating the two. Fleet age just tipped Qantas off the winning spot.

Qantas plane — Qantas has been narrowly dethroned as the safest airline for 2024. (Source: Getty)

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“Our top 25 safest airlines are all standouts in the industry and are at the forefront of safety, innovation, and launching of new aircraft,” Thomas said.

“In fact, the safety margins between these top 25 airlines are very small.”

To determine the rankings, AirlineRatings.com analysed crashes over five years, serious incidents over two years, audits from aviation governing and industry bodies, government audits, fleet age and aircrew training.

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Qantas had a tumultuous year in 2023, with the national carrier coming under fire for allegedly selling tickets for more than 8,000 flights that it had already cancelled.

Former CEO Alan Joyce stepped down from the top job in September - two months earlier than expected - amid ongoing controversy. New boss Vanessa Hudson apologised for letting customers down and said the airline would work to rebuild the public’s trust.

Top 25 safest airlines for 2024

Air New Zealand
Qantas
Virgin Australia
Etihad Airways
Qatar Airways
Emirates
All Nippon Airways
Finnair
Cathay Pacific Airways
Alaska Airlines
SAS
Korean Air
Singapore Airlines
EVA Air
British Airways
Turkish Airlines
TAP Air Portugal
Lufthansa/Swiss Group
KLM
Japan Airlines
Hawaiian Airlines
American Airlines
Air France
Air Canada Group
United Airlines

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