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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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Air New Zealand
Home base: New Zealand
Flying since: 1940
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 2
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Cathay Pacific
Home base: Hong Kong
Flying since: 1940
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 3
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Emirates
Home base: Dubai, the United Arab Emirates
Flying since: 1985
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 4
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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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EVA Air
Home base: Taiwan
Flying since: 1991
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 6
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TAP Portugal
Home base: Portugal
Flying since: 1946
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 7
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Hainan Airlines
Home base: China
Flying since: 1993
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 8
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Virgin Australia
Home base: Australia
Flying since: 2000
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 9
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British Airways
Home base: The United Kingdom
Flying since: 1919
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 10
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Lufthansa
Home base: Germany
Flying since: 1955
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 2
Global rank: 11
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All Nippon Airways
Home base: Japan
Flying since: 1954
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 12
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Qantas
Home base: Australia
Flying since: 1922
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 13
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JetBlue Airways
Home base: The United States
Flying since: 2000
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 14
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Virgin Atlantic Airways
Home base: The United Kingdom
Flying since: 1984
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 15
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Transaero Airlines
Home base: Russia
Flying since: 1991
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 16
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EasyJet
Home base: The United Kingdom
Flying since: 1995
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 17
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Thomas Cook Airlines
Home base: The United Kingdom
Flying since: 2000
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 18
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WestJet
Home base: Canada
Flying since: 1996
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 19
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Jetstar Airways
Home base: Australia
Flying since: 2004
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 20
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Southwest Airlines
Home base: The United States
Flying since: 1971
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 21
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Qatar Airways
Home base: Qatar
Flying since: 1994
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 22
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Air Berlin
Home base: Germany
Flying since: 1979
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 23
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EL AL
Home base: Israel
Flying since: 1948
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 24
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Air Canada
Home base: Canada
Flying since: 1937
Destroyed planes: 2
Total deaths: 23
Global rank: 25
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Thomsonfly
Home base: The United Kingdom
Flying since: 1962
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 26
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KLM
Home base: The Netherlands
Flying since: 1920
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 27
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Delta Air Lines
Home base: The United States
Flying since: 1929
Destroyed planes: 3
Total deaths: 147
Global rank: 28
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AirAsia
Home base: Malaysia
Flying since: 1996
Destroyed planes: 0
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 29
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Singapore Airlines
Home base: Singapore
Flying since: 1972
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 83
Global rank: 30