Air New Zealand in Top 10 of World's Safest Airlines 2014

Air New Zealand in Top 10 of World's Safest Airlines 2014 

A 'Worst Year' For Airlines Otherwise


Top 10 of World's Safest Airlines 2014 
Qantas, 
Air New Zealand, 
British Airways, 
Cathay Pacific, 
Emirates, 
Etihad Airways, 
EVA Air, 
FinnAir, 
Lufthansa 
Singapore Airlines

Air New Zealand has been recognised as one of the world's safest Airlines for passengers. AirlineRatings.com has recently released its list with Qantas taking the spot for the Airline with no fatalities on record.

An Air New Zealand plane flies over houses in Mount Victoria as it approaches Wellington Airport, October 7, 2011.

The Airline rating website said that Qantas has achieved several records in safety operations in its 94 years in the business. The company was lauded for being the world's most experienced Airline.

The list of world's safest Airlines was based on the site's evaluation of the Airline company's history, incident records and operational excellence. It also consults aviation watchdogs like the FAA and the ICAO to complete its top 10 safest Airlines.

The site reported there was no doubt that 2014 was a "bad year" for Airline safety with 21 fatal accidents with 986 deaths. AirlineRatings described the high number of deaths as "sickening." However, the world's Airlines carried a record-high of 3.3 billion passengers on 27 million Flights.

According to the report, the high number of deaths was recorded despite a record low number of accidents for the year, which is equivalent to one for every 1.3 million Flights. AirlineRatings said the MH370 and MH17 crashes were "unprecedented" in modern times. The Malaysian Airlines tragedies caused 537 deaths.

Qantas was praised for being a leader in the real-time monitoring of engines using satellite technology. The communications system enables the Airline to detect problems before they escalate or turn into a major safety issue. The Airline was also praised for its avionics system that links communication between the pilot and Air traffic controller.

Aside from Qantas and Air New Zealand, other Airlines included in the top 10 were British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Etihad Airways, EVA Air, FinnAir, Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines.

Meanwhile, Stuff.co reported that Air New Zealand's alliance with Singapore Airlines is taking off with fares from Auckland to Singapore, Southeast Asia and Europe expected to go down. Air New Zealand has not flown to Singapore for eight years after closing the route in 2006 following heavy losses. The new alliance is expected to boost the capacity of the Airlines' Auckland/Singapore route by 30 percent. 


Air New Zealand and Qatar Airways finalize orders for Boeing Jets

Air New Zealand has added two 767-9 Dreamliners to its order for the extended-fuselage Dreamliners bringing its total Dreamliners on order to nine.
Air New Zealand Orders Two More 787-9 Dreamliners - TravelPulse
Boeing, Air New Zealand Finalize Order For Two 787-9 Dreamliners - Quick Facts - 

Air New Zealand to boost Dreamliner fleet - MRO Network

Skydivers survive New Zealand plane crash after parachuting to safety

In an escape worthy of Houdini, all 13 people aboard a New Zealand skydiving plane managed to parachute to safety just moments before it plunged ...


NZ skydivers bail out over Lake Taupo as plane crashes - BBC News


International Business Times AU
Air New Zealand in Top 10 of World's Safest Airlines; 2014 A 'Worst Year' For Airlines

Air New Zealand has been recognised as one of the world's safest Airlines for 

Air NZ one of world's safest Airlines - NZ City


Air New Zealand finalizes order for two more B787-9s


Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland Int'l) has finalized an order with Boeing (BOE, Chicago O'Hare) for two additional B787-9s, valued at USD514 million ...


ANZ moves forward daily B787-9 Tokyo Narita service


Air New Zealand will operate a daily B787-9 service to Tokyo Narita two months earlier than planned. The national carrier was scheduled to start Flying ...



Aside from 


Top 10 of World's Safest Airlines 2014 
Qantas, 
Air New Zealand, 
British Airways, 
Cathay Pacific, 
Emirates, 
Etihad Airways, 
EVA Air, 
FinnAir, 
Lufthansa 
Singapore Airlines

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

PILOT RECRUITMENT INFO Air New Zealand

Aircraft Laptop Ban: New Zealand not Expected to follow other Countries

Aircraft laptop ban: New Zealand not expected to follow other countries