Both Qantas and Air New Zealand have been named among the top 20 safest airlines in the world for 2021 in the annual ranking from AirlineRatings.com, with Qantas awarded the top spot, and Air New Zealand coming in third place, after Qatar Airways. Screenshot Air New Zealand has come in third place in a ranking of the world’s safest airlines. READ MORE:* The world's safest airlines for 2020 named* These are the world's safest airlines* World's safest, and least safe, airlines for 2019Aircraft that had been parked for months had to be deemed operationally safe, and the retraining of crew, pilots and ground staff after periods of non-service was also considered. But for 2021, it has ranked each of the top 20 airlines in numerical order. The world’s safest airlines for 2021

Source: Stuff January 05, 2021 02:15 UTC