Safest Airlines In The World; Only 1 U-S Carrier Makes The Grade

Passenger airplane landing at dusk Photo from Alpha Media Portland OR

When it comes to safe airlines, are there any U-S airlines that rise to the occasion?

Well, there is one.

Alaska Airlines comes in as the #8 safest airline in the world.

The others are all based overseas.

The safest is Qantas (Australia), followed by Air New Zealand, Etihad Airlines (United Arab Emirates), Qatar Airways (Qatar), Singapore Airlines, TAP Air Portugal, Emirates Air (UAE), Alaska Airlines, EVA Airlines (Taiwan), Virgin Australia/Virgin Atlantic (England).

The major domestic airlines in the U-S…Delta, American, United, Southwest, JetBlue, did not make the list.

Passenger airplane landing at dusk

Photo from Alpha Media Portland OR