Photographs: Lehtikuva Lehtikuva/Reuters
The Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre, which collects information about aviation accidents and safety, has published its annual Airline Safety Ranking, according to Business Insider.
Sixty airlines are rated, based on the number and deadliness of the hull losses (destroyed airplanes) they have suffered in the past 30 years, and how they have fared more recently, it says.
Let's take a look at 30 safest airlines in the world.
Source: Business Insider
Finnair
Home base: Finland
Flying since: 1924
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 1
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30 safest airlines in the world
Photographs: Nigel Marple/Reuters
Air New Zealand
Home base: New Zealand
Flying since: 1940
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 2
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30 safest airlines in the world
Photographs: Bobby Yip/Reuters
Cathay Pacific
Home base: Hong Kong
Flying since: 1940
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 3
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30 safest airlines in the world
Photographs: Mosab Omar/Reuters
Emirates
Home base: Dubai, the United Arab Emirates
Flying since: 1985
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 4
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Photographs: Ben Job/Reuters
Etihad Airways
Home base: Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates
Flying since: 2003
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 5
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Photographs: Kyodo/Reuters
EVA Air
Home base: Taiwan
Flying since: 1991
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 6
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30 safest airlines in the world
Photographs: Jose Manuel Ribeiro/Reuters
TAP Portugal
Home base: Portugal
Flying since: 1946
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 7
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30 safest airlines in the world
Photographs: Source: global.hnair.com
Hainan Airlines
Home base: China
Flying since: 1993
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 8
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30 safest airlines in the world
Photographs: Marcus Donner/Reuters
Virgin Australia
Home base: Australia
Flying since: 2000
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 9
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Photographs: Toby Melville/Reuters
British Airways
Home base: The United Kingdom
Flying since: 1919
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 10
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30 safest airlines in the world
Photographs: Michael Dalder/Reuters
Lufthansa
Home base: Germany
Flying since: 1955
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 2
Global rank: 11
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Photographs: Toru Hanai/Reuters
All Nippon Airways
Home base: Japan
Flying since: 1954
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 12
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Photographs: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters
Qantas
Home base: Australia
Flying since: 1922
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 13
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30 safest airlines in the world
Photographs: Lucas Jackson/Reuters
JetBlue Airways
Home base: The United States
Flying since: 2000
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 14
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30 safest airlines in the world
Photographs: Luke MacGregor/Reuters
Virgin Atlantic Airways
Home base: The United Kingdom
Flying since: 1984
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 15
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Photographs: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters
Transaero Airlines
Home base: Russia
Flying since: 1991
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 16
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30 safest airlines in the world
Photographs: Srdjan Zivulovic/Reuters
EasyJet
Home base: The United Kingdom
Flying since: 1995
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 17
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Photographs: Phil Noble/Reuters
Thomas Cook Airlines
Home base: The United Kingdom
Flying since: 2000
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 18
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Photographs: Todd Korol/Reuters
WestJet
Home base: Canada
Flying since: 1996
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 19
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Photographs: Tim Wimborne/Reuters
Jetstar Airways
Home base: Australia
Flying since: 2004
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 20
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Photographs: Jeff Haynes/Reuters
Southwest Airlines
Home base: The United States
Flying since: 1971
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 21
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Photographs: Phil Noble/Reuters
Qatar Airways
Home base: Qatar
Flying since: 1994
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 22
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30 safest airlines in the world
Photographs: Thomas Peter/Reuters
Air Berlin
Home base: Germany
Flying since: 1979
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 23
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30 safest airlines in the world
Photographs: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters
EL AL
Home base: Israel
Flying since: 1948
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 24
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30 safest airlines in the world
Photographs: Tim Wimborne/Reuters
Air Canada
Home base: Canada
Flying since: 1937
Destroyed planes: 2
Total deaths: 23
Global rank: 25
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Photographs: Source: flights.thomson.co.uk
Thomsonfly
Home base: The United Kingdom
Flying since: 1962
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 26
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Photographs: Stringer/Reuters
KLM
Home base: The Netherlands
Flying since: 1920
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 27
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Photographs: Eric Miller/Reuters
Delta Air Lines
Home base: The United States
Flying since: 1929
Destroyed planes: 3
Total deaths: 147
Global rank: 28
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Photographs: Charles Platiau/Reuters
AirAsia
Home base: Malaysia
Flying since: 1996
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 29
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30 safest airlines in the world
Photographs: Vivek Prakash/Reuters
Singapore Airlines
Home base: Singapore
Flying since: 1972
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 83
Global rank: 30
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