This year, TAP regained its place as the safest airline in Europe, in the top 25 of the safest carriers in the world prepared by Airline Rating.
The 25 safest airlines in the world for 2025 are, in order: 1. Air New Zealand; 2. Qantas; 3. Cathay Pacific, Qatar Airways, and Emirates (the 3 ex-aequo); 4. Virgin Australia; 5. Etihad Airways; 6. ANA; 7. EVA Air; 8. Korean Air; 9. Alaska Airlines; 10. Turkish Airlines (THY); 11. TAP Air Portugal; 12. Hawaiian Airlines; 13. American Airlines; 14. SAS; 15. British Airways; 16. Iberia; 17. Finnair; 18. Lufthansa/Swiss; 19. JAL; 20. Air Canada; 21. Delta Airlines; 22. Vietnam Airlines; 23. United Airlines.
It should be noted that the agency responsible for the ranking, ranks the 25 safest airlines in the world based on the record of serious incidents in the last two years, fleet age, fleet size, incident rate, fatalities, profitability, IOSA certification, ICAO audit by country or pilot qualification and training, complementing this data with the consultation of aviation expert instruction pilots.
(Pleas note, only 23 airlines were listed in the original document).
Samantha Gannon
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