Wizz Air rated among world’s safest low-cost airlines

Abu Dhabi-based airline secures fourth spot in world rankings

Low-cost airline Wizz Air, which has a subsidiary in Abu Dhabi, has made it into the world’s top 20 safest low-cost airlines. 

Announced on 3 January 2024 by safety and product rating agency Airlineratings.com, Wizz Air secured fourth place. 

Rating more than 385 airlines, factors used to decide which airlines make it into the top 20 include: incident records over the past two years; crash records over the past five years; results of audits conducted by the governing body of aviation, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO); profitability; industry-leading safety initiatives; expert pilot training assessment, and fleet age.

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In top position is the Australian low-cost airline Jetstar, followed in second place by European carrier EasyJet, with Irish carrier Ryanair in third. 

Commenting on the results, Airlineratings.com spokesperson Geoffrey Thomas said: “The scoring was tight with very little between the top five.”

Wizz Air flies from the UAE capital to Malé in Maldives; Baku in Azerbaijan; Medina in Saudi Arabia; Muscat in Oman; the Eygptian cities of Cairo and Alexandria, Amman in Jordan, and Ankara, the Turkish capital, among popular destinations. 

The top 20 safest low-cost airlines are: 

1. Jetstar
2. EasyJet
3. Ryanair
4. Wizz Air
5. Norwegian
6. Frontier
7. Vueling
8. Vietjet
9. Southwest
10. Volaris
11. Flydubai
12. AirAsia Group
13. Cebu Pacific
14. Sun Country
15. Spirit
16. Westjet
17. JetBlue
18. Air Arabia
19. Indigo 
20.  Eurowings