A list of some of the Safest Airlines in the World (2009)

I have no comment on the safety record. It speaks for itself...no accidents on record. But If you want to NOT be packed in like sardines...pay a different carrier.

The person above clearly knows nothing about how to work out how safe an airline is. Just because it has had more crashes doesn't mean it is less safe, you moron! You have to take into account the number of flights it has flown! For instance Emirates (which is at the top of the list) has flown 0.88 million flights since 1985. American Airlines 20.2 million since 1985, SO OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN MORE CRASHES!!!

Being involved in 9/11 with flights 11 and 77 has really brought to the table of how dangerous this airline is. Since the 1940s, American Airlines has been involved in, on average 7 accidents a decade. They have the most accidents of any other airliner and to make matters even more disturbing...most of those accidents have taken place between November 20, 2000 and December 22, 2009. I would not advise this airline as a safechoice. As a matter of fact, very few american airlines are what I would call "safe" to fly on.

Although it was established in 1991, it had a very good safety record, no crashes, only some turbulence or some blown tires. They have a very good service.

re comment 5: Multiple bird strikes took out both engines and rendered him unable to reach an airport.

re comment 3 (hang on...): great pilot, but why did he has to land on the river and not on the runway? did something go wrong with the jet?

lol what has comment 2 got to do with an unsafe airline?

Hang on, this was the airline that managed to land that jet on the Hudson... SO WHY THE HELL IS IT ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE? Vote up.

I flew with them onece and would NEVER EVER go with them again! Because they are careless and unresponsive to customer's plight.Late last, year they "stole" my HP laptop when I visited USA boarded a US Airways flight from Washington to Atlanta and they said I cannot even make any claim since I do not reside permanently in the USA?

This airliner has several incidents on record and honestly isn't worth your money to fly on in the first place. It's like being cattle. Most of the time the attendants could care less. When it come to safety, what do you think they will do?

Great airline!

Have to agree with other posters. Westjet is not expensive. Have flown with them several times because they often have great seat sales (which you rarely see with Air Canada). Nothing super fancy with their planes either. Just newer gen. 737's with leather seats and TV's. Seating is very cramped though......

Not expensive and no more luxurious than others. I really think the first commenter has his airlines confused. Drove 700 km to fly with them instead of Air Canada, because they were so much cheaper.

Westjet has excellent service and they are not very expensive. They have fantastic seat sales if you take the time to watch for them.

No accidents of any kind on record. It is also expensive, but very luxurious :)

safest airline in europe.never had a fatal accident despite carrying more passengers than any other european airline(72,000,000) last year.also has the youngest fleet in europe.michael

Syrian air is doing very well despite the sanctions which are implemented from the U.S . as far as i know that they have a very well trained pilots and good technical engineeres . you arenot expecting a super service on board but at least you feel that you are welcomed and in safe hands. i tried Syrian air when i missed my flight on British Airways to London . since that time i use Syrian Air as my gate to the middle east. but unfortunatley i heared that syrian air is not able to buy new jets because of the unfaired sanctions which applied on civil aviation??? i wish the best for this company.

United Airlines should not be this high up in the rankings. It has a total of 19 crashes (including Flight 175 and 93). Although they have been incident free since 9/11, I would not fly with them, because their record states there are overdue.

Air Jamaica is probably one of the safest airline that ever existed. 41 years of flying no fatalities taken over carribean airlines may 1,2010 good bye Air Jamaica for been the safest Airline in the World

Air Jamaica is probably one of the safest airline that ever existed. 41 years of flying no fatalities

Worth airlaine I ver took as a frequent flyer!! Personnel is VERY bad, doesn't care and hardly speaks english! Russians on board are systematically drunk, sometimes fight and urine every ten minutes, everywhere in the bathroom!! And the service quality and plane maintenance is just not good!

I totally disagree with the above comment regarding the Schipol accident. In my opinion, El Al has the best security in the world. I have worked with the Israelis. When it comes to details such as safety and security they are meticulous and do not compromise. I would fly them everywhere if I could.

did you forget about that crash that happeneed On 4 October 1992, the aircraft, a Boeing 747-258F, registration 4X-AXG, was traveling from New York to Tel Aviv and made a stopover at Schiphol. During the flight from New York to Schiphol, three issues were noted: fluctuations in the AUTOPILOTspeed regulation, problems with the shortwave radio, and fluctuations in the voltage of engine number three. so please dont sound like an idiot by saying that Elal pilots dont fly the plane through computers . and keep in mind that 39 people were killed on ground due to that crash and so many people are still suffering from the chemical weapons which were carried on board illegaly to kill civilian in the occupied palestine. schipol amesterdam

These accidents occurred decades ago, I wanted to remind you that American companies clashed on the Twin Towers in a cruel terrorist attack. El Al is the safest airline in the world, and the pilots there, unlike all other companies, fly the aircraft manually, not through the computer. Means that they, unlike the pilots of other companies, really know how to fly - and not just run on automatic pilot.

Two incidents on record; one of them hijacking and your saying that al the pilots are ex-IAF? Not to mention most of the people killed in El Al accidents were people on the ground and not in the plane. Now if only they could figure a way to prevent those fuse pins from colliding that would be great!

Best airline in the world IMO. Used to have problems with losing bags but since Terminal 5's introduction at Heathrow no problems now. I think given the sheer scale and demand on BA it's incredible the accidents they have had are so few and have ended up with very few deaths.

Nice airline and from what I've heard a very safe one too, what kept me away from it is their reputation (from what I've read on many discussion forums) of losing luggage. From all world's major carriers, they have (or used to have) the highest percentage of luggage loss. Is this still true or have they taken care of it ? It would be bad if they didn't, as the company is very good and they have good prices too

British airways is a very safe airline. It has had 6 crashes since 1970, and only on one of them everyone died. On most of the others everyone lived apart from "The Manchester Runway Disaster". But then most people survived. British Airways is a very safe and enjoyable airline.