The world’s safest and most punctual airlines are in the Asia Pacific region. Qantas Airways Ltd. was named safest airline in the world on a top-20 list published by AirlineRatings.com, followed by Air New Zealand Ltd. and Taiwan’s Eva Airways Corp. Singapore Airlines Ltd. was sixth, Cathay Pacific Airways ninth and Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd. 10th.
AirlineRatings.com said it takes into account factors including audits by governing and industry bodies, crash and serious incident record, profitability and fleet age.
In a separate survey by OAG Aviation Worldwide Ltd., PT Garuda Indonesia was crowned 2019’s most punctual carrier.
