FlyDubai And Air Arabia Are Amongst World’s Safest Low-Cost Airlines

Once again, FlyDubai and Air Arabia have ranked amongst the top 20 safest low-cost airlines in the world.

AirlineRatings.com has revealed a list of low-cost airlines that are safe and secured. The list is compiled alphabetically, rather than in ranking order, and includes the two UAE airlines, alongside AirAsia, Allegiant Air, airBaltic, easyJet, Frontier Airlines, Jetstar, JetBlue, IndiGo, Ryanair, Scoot, Southwest Airlines, SpiceJet, Spirit Airlines, Vueling, VietJet Air, Volaris, WestJet and Wizz Air.

Unlike a number of low-cost carriers, these airlines have all passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit, or IOSA, and have good safety records, according to AirlineRatings.com.

The platform rates the safety and in-flight services of 385 airlines with a seven-star rating system. As part of its evaluation of a carrier’s safety credentials, AirlineRatings.com considers a range of factors, including serious incidents, audits from aviation’s governing and industry bodies, fatal accidents, profitability, fleet age, industry-leading safety initiatives, and expert pilot training assessment.

Geoffrey Thomas, editor-in-chief of AirlineRatings.com, noted that the ranking only looks at serious incidents when making its determinations — and focuses on how airlines respond to issues when they arise. “All airlines have incidents every day and many are aircraft manufacture issues, not airline operational problems,” he says.

“It is the way the flight crew handles incidents that determines a good airline from an unsafe one. So just lumping all incidents together is very misleading. And some countries’ incident reporting systems are weak, further complicating matters.”

Here Is The List Of World’s Top 20 Safest Low-Cost Airlines For 2023 (In Alphabetical Order):

• Air Arabia
• AirAsia
• Allegiant Air
• airBaltic
• easyJet
• flydubai
• Frontier Airlines
• Jetstar
• JetBlue
• IndiGo
• Ryanair
• Scoot
• Southwest Airlines
• SpiceJet
• Spirit Airlines
• Vueling
• VietJet Air
• Volaris
• WestJet
• Wizz Air