Analysing 385 global airlines, the research looks at a range of factors to determine which full-service airline comes out on top.

This includes crashes over the past five years, as well as any serious incidents in the last two years.

Government audits, the age of the airline’s aircraft and the depth of crew training are all considered as well.

Conducted by AirlineRatings.com since 2013, the airline to come out on top was Air New Zealand, followed by Qantas and Virgin Australia.

Qantas and Air New Zealand frequently place as the top two, with their positions flipped last year.

The only UK airline to make the top 25 was British Airways, coming in 15th place.

However, this is up two places from last year, where it came in 17th place, and an improvement from 2020 where they didn’t place in the top 20.

The safest budget airlines were also revealed – with easyJet and Ryanair coming in second and third place respectively.

They were only beaten by Australian carrier Jetstar.

Top 20 safest low-cost airlines 2024

1. Jetstar
2. EasyJet
3. Ryanair
4. Wizz
5. Norwegian
6. Frontier
7. Vueling
8. Vietjet
9. Southwest
10. Volaris
11. Flydubai
12. AirAsia Group
13. Cebu Pacific
14. Sun Country
15. Spirit
16. Westjet
17. JetBlue
18. Air Arabia
19. Indigo
20. Eurowings

Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Thomas explained that while airlines have incidents every day, often minor, it is how crew handle the incidents that determine a “good airline from an unsafe one”.

It comes just weeks after a Japan Airlines plane caught fire on the tarmac after colliding with another plane – with both crew and passengers praised for their swift evacuation.

Mr Thomas added: “Our top 25 safest airlines 2024 are always at the forefront of safety innovation, operational excellence, and the launching of new more advanced aircraft such as the Airbus A350 Boeing 787 and 777-9.”

“Airlines such as Emirates launched the 777-300ER and the 777-9 and are the biggest operators of the A380.”

However, airlines including United have been affected by the recent grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 planes, after a section of an Alaskan Airline plane using the model was ripped off mid-flight.

Around 170 planes have been grounded following an investigation into the aircraft.

Top 25 safest full-service airlines 2024

1. Air New Zealand
2. Qantas
3. Virgin Australia
4. Etihad Airways
5. Qatar Airways
6. Emirates
7. All Nippon Airways
8. Finnair
9. Cathay Pacific Airways
10. Alaska Airlines
11. SAS
12. Korean Air
13. Singapore Airlines
14. EVA Air
15. British Airways
16. Turkish Airlines
17. TAP Air Portugal
18. Lufthansa/Swiss Group
19. KLM
20. Japan Airlines
21. Hawaiian Airlines
22. American Airlines
23. Air France
24. Air Canada Group
25. United Airlines

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