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Worst Airline Safety Ratings Revealed PDF Print E-mail
Written by Russell Eaton   
Airline safety ratings and levels of service vary tremendously from airline to airline. According to Skytrax, the top airlines in the world (with 5 star ratings) are as follows:
by RussellEaton


Airline safety ratings and levels of service vary tremendously from airline to airline. According to Skytrax, the top airlines in the world (with 5 star ratings) are as follows:

1.Asiana Airlines (South Korea), 2.Cathay Pacific Airways (Hong Kong), 3.Kingfisher Airlines (India), 4.Malaysia Airlines (Malaysia), 5.Qatar Airways (Qatar), 6.Singapore Airlines (Singapore).

The five-star ranking recognizes airlines that offer a top quality product and service according to Skytrax - airlines that set trends to be followed by other carriers.

Just about all other airlines in the world are given ratings from zero stars to four stars, depending on a broad criteria that examines many aspects of airline services (for both onboard and ground operations).

But what about the worst airlines in the world? Who are the airlines with the worst safety record in the world and what are their plane crash odds? For this we have to dig deeper because researchers who publish such information are coy about saying who is worst.

Deciding which airlines have the worst safety records is much more difficult than judging the level of service offered by major airlines. This is because airline safety ratings in some of the less well-known airlines are difficult to compare with major airlines, given the routes, the service, the number of flights, etc.

But when airline safety ratings are analysed, it is possible to produce a list of showing the worst airlines in the world. Here are the top ten worst airlines in terms of accident ratings, with the worst shown as number one:

1.Cubana Airline, accident rating 5.74. 2.China Airlines, accident rating 3.57. 3.Avianca Colombian Airline, accident rating 3.15 4.TAM Airline, accident rating 2.76. 5.Korean Air, accident rating 2.26. 6.Egypt Air, accident rating 2.06. 7.Indian Air Lines, accident rating 1.94. 8.Taesa Airlines, accident rating 1.83. 9.China Soutwest Airlines, accident rating 1.74. 10.Aeromexico, accident rating 1.55.

This list of worst airlines was compiled by "Airline Accident Ratings" by looking at a twenty-year period from 1981 to 2000 (the latest data available). The ratings are based on number of flights, number of airline accidents, and the fatality rate of those accidents. Naturally, this information cannot and should not be used to provide an accurate assessment of an airline safety-rating or future risk of an airline calamity. Also, the list does not "favour" or condemn any particular airline, and a lot can change in the period 2000 - 2008.

However, it is clear that some airlines have a very poor safety record and it is only right to bring this to the attention of the public.

When examining the airline safety ratings, you are hit with the fact that most causes of fatal airline accidents are due to pilot error. Figures compiled over a fifty year period by "Plane Crash Info" show that pilot error accounts for at least 53% of all fatal airline accidents!

The figures for airline pilot error have on average remained pretty constant since the 1950's, showing that modern technology is not leading to a reduction in the incidence of pilot error.

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