AirlineRatings.com has announced its top ten safest airlines for 2013 from the 448 it monitors. Find out who is top of the list.
Updated: January 12, 2014, 12:00 AM
In pictures: World’s top 10 safest airlines in 2013
Air New Zealand was ranked the second safest among top-ranked airlines in the world. Marty Melville / AFP
Emirates Airline meanwhile was ranked third by AirlineRatings.com. Jerome Favre / Bloomberg News
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, was ranked fourth in airline safety. Patrick Riviere / Getty Images
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific was in fifth place. Ed Jones / AFP
Singapore Airlines meanwhile was sixth best among seven-star rated airlines for safety and product. Vivek Prakash / Reuters
Virgin Atlantic was ranked seventh by AirlineRatings.com. Luke MacGregor / Reuters
EVA Air of Taiwan meanwhile placed eighth. Sam Yeh / AFP
Japan’s All Nippon Airways was ninth-safest among top airlines in the world. Yoshikazu Tsuno / AFP
Royal Jordanian. Alexander Klein / AFP