If you watched the news or have paid attention to the headlinesrecently, you’ve seen the reports of a near miss between a JetBlueflight and a Caribbean Airlines flight at John F. KennedyInternational airport in New York on Jan. 19. You’ve also no doubtseen extensive coverage of the AirAsia crash on Dec. 28.
With all this news, you may be wondering whether there are anysafe airlines left. Well, the answer is yes, according to AirlineRatings.com. Launched in June 2013 and calling itself“the world’s only safety and product rating website,” earlier thismonth AirlineRatings.com released its list of the top 10 safestairlines and the top 10 safest low-cost airlines for 2015.
How did they come up with the list? The site's seven-starrating system looks at a variety of factors including auditsfrom the Federal Aviation Administration and the InternationalCivil Aviation Organization as well as government audits and eachairlines' fatality record. The editorial team also examined eachairline’s operational history, incident records and operationalexcellence.
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Rosalie Donlon
Rosalie Donlon is the editor in chief of ALM's insurance and tax publications, including NU Property & Casualty magazine and NU PropertyCasualty360.com. You can contact her at [email protected].
