Hawaiian Airlines Running since 1929, Hawaiian is among the oldest airlines in the world but, remarkably, it has never suffered a single fatal crash or hull loss.
Over its 97-year history Qantas has amassed an amazing record of firsts in safety and operations and is widely regarded as the world's safest airline since it hasn't suffered any accidents in the modern jet era.
While Qantas has never had a fatal jet airliner accident, the Australian national airline suffered losses in its early days before the widespread adoption of jets in civilian aviation. These were mainly biplanes or flying boats servicing routes in Queensland and New Guinea.
It's not the first time that Qantas has won: The 100-year-old Australian carrier was named the world's safest airline from 2014 to 2017. In 2018, it was in the top 20 when AirlineRatings awarded 20 airlines jointly. Then it won again for three years in a row: 2019, 2020 and 2021.
4 Qatar Airways
Like Etihad, the airline has never had a fatal accident, and its only hull losses have come about due to hangar fires during maintenance. Qatar Airways' planes, particularly its widebodies, are some of the industry's newest designs, and its fleet as a whole has an average age of 10.9 years old.
On August 3rd, 2016, Emirates flight number EK521 crashed upon landing at Dubai International Airport. Out of 300 passengers and crew onboard the aircraft, all survived the impact and subsequent post-crash fire, although the aircraft involved was damaged beyond repair.
Singapore Airlines has a long history of safety and has won numerous honors for its safety standards and performance, including being voted the "World's Best Airline" and the "Best Airline in Asia" by Skytrax.
Which airplanes crash the most? Cessnas and Pipers. In fact, the top 15 aircraft models in total crashes are all made by those two manufacturers – and nine of the top ten are Cessnas. The Cessna 152 was involved in nearly 800 more crashes than any other aircraft.
Qantas took the top spot in the AirlineRatings.com study. Australia's largest carrier outranked last year's winner Air New Zealand, which came second.
In 2019, 220 aircraft were involved in accidents in Australia, with a further 154 aircraft involved in serious incidents (an incident with a high probability of becoming an accident). There were 35 fatalities from 22 fatal accidents.
Qantas. The third oldest airline in the world, Qantas was cited in 1988 film Rain Man as an airline to have never had an aircraft crash. "Qantas. Qantas never crashed," says Raymond, played by Dustin Hoffman.
583: The Tenerife airport disaster, which occurred on March 27, 1977, remains the accident with the highest number of airliner passenger fatalities. 583 people died when a KLM Boeing 747 attempted to take off and collided with a taxiing Pan Am 747 at Los Rodeos Airport on the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain.
The United States' last fatal accident was in 2009, when Colgan Air flight 3407 crashed while flying from Newark to Buffalo, killing everyone onboard. The NTSB investigation declared it to be pilot error, citing pilot fatigue as a factor.
What Is the Worst Airline in the United States? In a turn of events that may be shocking to many loyal travelers, the Wall Street Journal ranked JetBlue Airways as the worst airline in the United States for 2022.
On the morning of November 4th 2010, a Qantas Airbus A380 suffered an uncontained engine failure, shortly after leaving Singapore Changi Airport. Just minutes into the flight, one of the plane's engines failed and caused significant damage to the wing and other systems.
As of December 2021, the global A380 fleet had completed more than 800,000 flights over 7.3 million block hours with no fatalities and no hull losses. As of December 2022, there were 237 aircraft in service with 16 operators worldwide.
The U.S. leads both the number of plane crashes and fatalities by a wide margin because air traffic in the country is far higher than in other countries.
Safety is the priority for airlines. Airlines are sensitive to passengers' perceptions of safety, having randomly assigned the Boeing 737 Max to routes and times. Historically, Boeing has been considered more reliable and safer than Airbus.
ANA All Nippon Airways is named the World's Cleanest Airline in the 2023 World Airline Awards, ahead of Asiana Airlines in 2nd and Qatar Airways in 3rd place. The awards are based on ratings of the standard and quality of cleanliness in the aircraft cabin for airlines.
A graphic of Wallethub's 2023 airline ranking. In terms of other key findings, Delta Air Lines was named the most reliable airline, while the least reliable was Frontier Airlines.
Emirates, Etihad and FlyDubai have been listed among the safest in the world, according to a new report. AirlineRatings.com, an aviation safety website has revealed its list of the safest airlines of 2023. GCC carrier Qatar Airways also made it to the top ten.