Top 10 Safest Airlines in the World for 2023 Written 11 January 2023

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A Qantas Airbus A380-800. Qantas came in first in the AirlineRatings.com study | Credit: Eluveitie; Wikipedia; CC BY-SA 3.0

CNBC reports that this month, AirlineRatings.com “announced its safest airlines for 2023. The study looked at 385 airlines at the forefront of safety, innovation, and launching new aircraft.” According to a press release, the study analyzed the following to determine the safest airlines in 2023: crashes over five years, serious incidents over two years, audits from aviation’s governing bodies and lead associations, fleet age, expert analysis of pilot training, and COVID protocols. It’s important to note “that although Alaska Airlines was the only U.S. carrier to land the top 10, Hawaiian Airlines, United Airlines, American Airlines, and Delta Air Lines did make the top 20.”
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