PERTH, AUSTRALIA — A new list of 20 airlines recognized as the safest in the world has been released by Airline Ratings.com, a website that tracks 405 airlines.<br /><br />Qantas was ranked as the safest airline. The Australian airline carries nearly 50 million passengers per year and has had a flawless safety record for 64 years, with no accidents resulting in fatalities or damage that rendered an aircraft beyond repair.<br /><br />Four U.S. carriers made the list: United Airlines, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, and Hawaiian Airlines. <br /><br />Other airlines on the list included British Airways, Lufthansa, KLM, Cathay Pacific, Taiwan's Eva Air, All Nippon Airways and Singapore Airlines.<br /><br />In a statement, Geoffrey Thomas, editor-in-chief of AirlineRatings.com said, "Qantas has been the lead airline in virtually every major operational safety advancement over the past 60 years and has not had a fatality in the jet era."<br /><br />Thomas also gave a special mention to Hawaiian Airlines and Finnair for having "perfect records in the jet era."<br /><br />World's safest airlines 2019:<br /> <br />Air New Zealand <br />Alaska Airlines <br />All Nippon Airways <br />American Airlines <br />Austrian Airlines <br />British Airways <br />Cathay Pacific Airways <br />Emirates <br />EVA Air <br />Finnair <br />Hawaiian Airlines <br />KLM <br />Lufthansa <br />Qantas <br />Qatar <br />Scandinavian Airline System <br />Singapore Airlines <br />Swiss United Airlines<br />Virgin Atlantic and Australia <br /><br />World's safest low-cost airlines 2019:<br /> <br />Flybe Frontier <br />HK Express <br />Jetblue <br />Jetstar <br />Australia/Asia <br />Thomas Cook <br />Volaris <br />Vueling <br />Westjet <br />Wizz <br /><br />World's least safe airlines 2019:<br /> <br />Ariana Afghan Airlines <br />Blue Wing Airlines <br />Kam Air <br />Trigana Air Service
