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submitted: Aug 27th 2008 | by: RussellEaton | Total views: 1 | Word Count: 492 | |

Airline safety ratings and levels of service vary tremendously from airline to airline. According to Skytrax, the top airlines in the world (with 5 star ratings) are as follows:

1.Asiana Airlines (South Korea), 2.Cathay Pacific Airways (Hong Kong), 3.Kingfisher Airlines (India), 4.Malaysia Airlines (Malaysia), 5.Qatar Airways (Qatar), 6.Singapore Airlines (Singapore).

The five stars ranking recognizes airlines at the forefront of product and service achievement according to Skytrax - airlines that generally set trends to be followed by other carriers.

Just about all other airlines in the world are given ratings from zero stars to four stars, depending on a broad criteria that examines many aspects of airline services (for both onboard and ground operations).

But what about airlines with the worst safety record in the world and their plane crash odds? Who are the worst airlines in the world? For this we have to go to other sources of information.

Judging airline safety ratings and the worst airlines is much more difficult than judging the best ones. This is because some airlines in remote countries are difficult to compare with major airlines, given the number flights, the routes, the service, etc.

But when airline safety ratings are analysed, it is possible to produce a list of showing the worst airlines in the world. Here are the top ten worst airlines in terms of accident ratings, with the worst shown as number one:

1.Cubana Airline, accident rating 5.74. 2.China Airlines, accident rating 3.57. 3.Avianca Colombian Airline, accident rating 3.15 4.TAM Airline, accident rating 2.76. 5.Korean Air, accident rating 2.26. 6.Egypt Air, accident rating 2.06. 7.Indian Air Lines, accident rating 1.94. 8.Taesa Airlines, accident rating 1.83. 9.China Soutwest Airlines, accident rating 1.74. 10.Aeromexico, accident rating 1.55.

The above list was researched by 'Airline Accident Ratings' for the 20-year period from 1981 to 2000 (the latest data). The ratings are based on number of flights, number of fatal accidents, and the fatality rate of those accidents. Clearly, this information cannot and should not be used to provide an accurate assessment of an airline safety rating or future risk of an accident. Furthermore, the list does not endorse or condemn any particular airline, and a lot can change in the period 2000 - 2008.

However, it is clear that some airlines have a very poor safety record and it is only right to bring this to the attention of the public.

When examining the airline safety ratings, you are hit with the fact that most causes of fatal airline accidents are due to pilot error. Figures compiled over a fifty year period by "Plane Crash Info" show that pilot error accounts for at least 53% of all fatal airline accidents!

Since the 1950's the average figures for airline pilot error have remained pretty constant. This shows that modern aircraft technology is not helping to reduce the incidence of fatal accidents due to pilot error.

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To find out what airlines don't want you to know, see Airline Safety Ratings (free ebook available). Anybody traveling by air should also see Plane Crash Odds. Air safety secrets revealed.

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