Meet the 12 Safest Airlines in the World for 2017

Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong)

Each year the Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Center (JACDEC), based in the German city of Hamburg, compiles its annual list of the list of the safest airlines in the world and publishes it in “AERO International” magazine.

Among the 60 largest airlines in the world, Cathay Pacific took first place on JACDEC’s list for the second year in a row since 2016.

The top 12 safest airlines on the list

  1. Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong)
  2. Air New Zealand (New Zealand)
  3. Hainan Airlines (China)
  4. Qatar Airways (Qatar)
  5. KLM (Holland)
  6. Eva Air (Taiwan)
  7. Emirates (United Arab Emirates)
  8. Etihad Airways (United Arab Emirates)
  9. Qantas (Australia)
  10. Japan Airlines (Japan)
  11. All Nippon Airways (Japan)
  12. Lufthansa (Germany)