Revealed: The world’s safest airlines for 2025 - and UAE carriers make the list
Emirates and Etihad are high on the list
Last week’s tragic Air India crash has left many travellers on edge. The London-bound flight from Ahmedabad went down shortly after takeoff, claiming lives and shaking global confidence in air safety.
But a newly released global aviation safety report might offer some reassurance, showing that despite high-profile incidents, flying remains one of the safest ways to travel.
The new report reveals a list of the safest airlines in the world and UAE based airlines Emirates, flyDubai and Etihad are all included.
There are lots of factors that go in to the ranking such as number of serious incidents over the past two years, fleet age and size, rate of incidents, fatalities, profitability, IOSA certification, ICAO country audit pass, and pilot skill and training. Consultations are also done with check pilots and aviation experts too.
Airlineratings.com is the brains behind the report that details the list of the safest full-service airlines and the safest low cost airlines, you can find them below.
Safest full-service airlines for 2025
- Air New Zealand
- Qantas
- Cathay Pacific; Qatar Airways; Emirates
- Virgin Australia
- Etihad Airways
- ANA
- EVA Air
- Korean Air
- Alaska Airlines
- Turkish Airlines (THY)
- TAP Portugal
- Hawaiian Airlines
- American Airlines
- SAS
- British Airways
- Iberia
- Finnair
- Lufthansa/Swiss
- JAL
- Air Canada
- Delta Airlines
- Vietnam Airlines
- United Airlines
Safest low-cost airlines for 2025
- HK Express
- Jetstar Group
- Ryanair
- easyJet
- Frontier Airlines
- AirAsia
- Wizz Air
- VietJet Air
- Southwest Airlines
- Volaris
- flydubai
- Norwegian
- Vueling
- Jet2
- Sun Country Airlines
- WestJet
- JetBlue Airways
- Air Arabia
- IndiGo
- Eurowings
- Allegiant Air
- Cebu Pacific
- ZipAir
- SKY Airline
- Air Baltic
Recently Dubai Airports announced the cancellation of some flights to Iran, Iraq, Jordan, and Syria last week due to temporary closure of airspace.