Qantas named again as World's Safest Airline
QANTAS has been named the world’s safest Airline, after a year when fatal Air accidents soared above the 10-year average. In a report published by AirlineRatings.com on Tuesday night, Qantas was lauded for amassing “an extraordinary record of firsts” in safety and operations over its 94-year history. The report comes after what was “in no doubt” a bad year for Airline safety, AirlineRatings.com said, adding 2014 included some of the industry’s most tragic and bizarre incidents. Qantas shares reach four-year high OPINION: A welcome tailwind for Qantas Qantas puts style stamp on LA lounge “Certainly, 21 fatal accidents with 986 fatalities — higher than the 10-year average — is sickening. “However, the world’s Airlines carried a record 3.3 billion passengers on 27 million Flights,” the report says. AirlineRatings.com said the high number of deaths came despite the number of accidents for 2014 being at a record low 21 — one for every 1.3 million Flights. “Two of the ...