30 safest airlines in the world
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The Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre, which collects information about aviation accidents and safety, has published its annual Airline Safety Ranking, according to Business Insider.
Sixty airlines are rated, based on the number and deadliness of the hull losses (destroyed airplanes) they have suffered in the past 30 years, and how they have fared more recently, it says.
Let's take a look at 30 safest airlines in the world.
Source: Business Insider
Finnair
Home base: Finland
Flying since: 1924
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 1
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Image: Finnish national airline company Finnair's planes on the tarmac of Helsinki international airport.
Photographs: Lehtikuva Lehtikuva/Reuters
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Air New Zealand
Home base: New Zealand
Flying since: 1940
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 2
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Image: An Air New Zealand plane taxis at Auckland International Airport.
Photographs: Nigel Marple/Reuters
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Cathay Pacific
Home base: Hong Kong
Flying since: 1940
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 3
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Image: Cathay Pacific Airways's planes at the Hong Kong International Airport.
Photographs: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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Emirates
Home base: Dubai, the United Arab Emirates
Flying since: 1985
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 4
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Image: An Emirates Airlines plane taxis on the tarmac at the Dubai International Airport.
Photographs: Mosab Omar/Reuters
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Etihad Airways
Home base: Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates
Flying since: 2003
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 5
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Image: An Etihad Airways aircraft at Abu Dhabi International Airport.
Photographs: Ben Job/Reuters
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EVA Air
Home base: Taiwan
Flying since: 1991
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 6
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Image: Eva Airways aircraft painted with Hello Kitty characters takes off at Narita international airport in Narita, east of Tokyo.
Photographs: Kyodo/Reuters
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TAP Portugal
Home base: Portugal
Flying since: 1946
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 7
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Image: TAP Portugal airlines's Airbus 330 aircraft takes off at Lisbon airport.
Photographs: Jose Manuel Ribeiro/Reuters
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Hainan Airlines
Home base: China
Flying since: 1993
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 8
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Image: Hainan Airlines.
Photographs: Source: global.hnair.com
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Virgin Australia
Home base: Australia
Flying since: 2000
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 9
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Image: Virgin Chairman Sir Richard Branson at a ceremony to mark the delivery of the first Boeing 777-300ER for V Australia, in Seattle, Washington.
Photographs: Marcus Donner/Reuters
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British Airways
Home base: The United Kingdom
Flying since: 1919
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 10
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Image: A British Airways plane lands at Heathrow Airport in west London.
Photographs: Toby Melville/Reuters
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Lufthansa
Home base: Germany
Flying since: 1955
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 2
Global rank: 11
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Image: Lufthansa planes on the tarmac at Munich's international airport, Germany.
Photographs: Michael Dalder/Reuters
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All Nippon Airways
Home base: Japan
Flying since: 1954
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 12
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Image: A Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft taxis after landing for delivery to All Nippon Airways of Japan at Haneda airport in Tokyo.
Photographs: Toru Hanai/Reuters
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Qantas
Home base: Australia
Flying since: 1922
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 13
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Image: A Qantas Airways Boeing 747 at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport.
Photographs: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters
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JetBlue Airways
Home base: The United States
Flying since: 2000
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 14
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Image: A JetBlue Airways plane at LaGuardia Airport in New York.
Photographs: Lucas Jackson/Reuters
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Virgin Atlantic Airways
Home base: The United Kingdom
Flying since: 1984
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 15
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Image: A Virgin Atlantic airline aircraft comes in to land at Heathrow Airport in London.
Photographs: Luke MacGregor/Reuters
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Transaero Airlines
Home base: Russia
Flying since: 1991
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 16
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Image: Russian airline Transaero's aeroplanes at Moscow's Domodedovo airport.
Photographs: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters
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EasyJet
Home base: The United Kingdom
Flying since: 1995
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 17
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Image: Passengers disembark from easyJet's plane at Ljubljana's airport in Slovenia.
Photographs: Srdjan Zivulovic/Reuters
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Thomas Cook Airlines
Home base: The United Kingdom
Flying since: 2000
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 18
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Image: Thomas Cook aircraft at Manchester Airport in England.
Photographs: Phil Noble/Reuters
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WestJet
Home base: Canada
Flying since: 1996
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 19
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Image: A WestJet airplane comes in for a landing at Calgary International airport, home of Canada's WestJet Airlines in Calgary, Alberta.
Photographs: Todd Korol/Reuters
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Jetstar Airways
Home base: Australia
Flying since: 2004
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 20
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Image: Jetstar ground staff closes a panel at Melbourne airport in Australia.
Photographs: Tim Wimborne/Reuters
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Southwest Airlines
Home base: The United States
Flying since: 1971
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 21
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Image: A Southwest Airlines plane takes off from Midway Airport in Chicago.
Photographs: Jeff Haynes/Reuters
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Qatar Airways
Home base: Qatar
Flying since: 1994
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 22
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Image: A Qatar Airways aircraft prepares to land at Manchester Airport, England.
Photographs: Phil Noble/Reuters
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Air Berlin
Home base: Germany
Flying since: 1979
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 23
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Image: Air Berlin plane at Tegel Airport in Berlin.
Photographs: Thomas Peter/Reuters
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EL AL
Home base: Israel
Flying since: 1948
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 24
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Image: El Al airplanes at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv.
Photographs: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters
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Air Canada
Home base: Canada
Flying since: 1937
Destroyed planes: 2
Total deaths: 23
Global rank: 25
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Image: Air Canada's Boeing 777 taxis at Sydney airport.
Photographs: Tim Wimborne/Reuters
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Thomsonfly
Home base: The United Kingdom
Flying since: 1962
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 26
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Image: Thomsonfly.
Photographs: Source: flights.thomson.co.uk
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KLM
Home base: The Netherlands
Flying since: 1920
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 27
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Image: A KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 737 at Amsterdam's Schipol airport.
Photographs: Stringer/Reuters
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Delta Air Lines
Home base: The United States
Flying since: 1929
Destroyed planes: 3
Total deaths: 147
Global rank: 28
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Image: A Delta Airlines jet taxis at the Minneapolis St Paul International Airport in Minnesota, United States.
Photographs: Eric Miller/Reuters
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AirAsia
Home base: Malaysia
Flying since: 1996
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 29
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Image: An Airbus A340 AirAsia X budget flight passenger jet arrives at Orly airport near Paris.
Photographs: Charles Platiau/Reuters
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