Safe Airlines according to AirlineRatings

Qantas leads the pack as the safest airline for 2015. The Aussie flag carrier is famous for its fatality-free history as a jet airline, according to AirlineRatings.com, from the 449 it monitors

The rest out of the top 10, in alphabetical order are: 

• Air New Zealand
•  British Airways
• Cathay Pacific Airways
• Emirates
• Etihad Airways
• EVA Air
• Finnair
• Lufthansa
• Singapore Airlines

The ten safest low-cost airlines according to AirlineRatings.com. In alphabetical order:

• Aer Lingus
• Alaska Airlines
• Icelandair
• JetBlue
• Jetstar (subsidiary of Quantas)
• Kulula (South Africa)
• Monarch Airlines (UK)
• Thomas Cook (UK)
• TUI Fly (Germany)
• WestJet (Canada)

AirlineRatings.com says its rating system takes into account a range of factors related to audits from aviation’s governing bodies such as the FAA and ICAO as well as government audits and the airline’s fatality record.