When taking a trip you can’t guarantee things won’t go wrong, but you can choose an airline brand you trust, and a New Zealand brand have proven to be a safe bet.<\/p>\n
Air New Zealand has been announced one of the safest airlines in the world, according to Airline Ratings – an Australian-based airline safety and product rating website – and their\u00a0safest airlines list for 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n The site rated the safety and in-flight product of 385 airlines, and given that low cost, regional and full service carriers are so different, the company constructed a different rating system for each one.<\/p>\n Air New Zealand took out the top spot for safest full-service airline, while Hong Kong Express was ranked the safest low-cost airline.<\/p>\n Following Air New Zealand as the safest full-service airline was Qantas, with a three-way tie between Cathay Pacific, Qatar Airways and Emirates for third.<\/p>\n Ryanair was in third for safest low-cost airline.<\/p>\n Chief executive of Airline Ratings Sharon Peterson said the race between the top airlines was tight.<\/p>\n “It was extremely close again between Air New Zealand and Qantas for first place with only 1.50 points separating the two airlines.<\/p>\n “Whilst both airlines uphold the highest safety standards and pilot training, Air New Zealand continue to have a younger fleet than Qantas which separates the two.”<\/p>\n Peterson said the three-way tie for third place was simply because they could not separate the airlines.<\/p>\n “From fleet age to pilot skill, safety practices, fleet size, and number of incidents, their scores were identical,” she said.<\/p>\n