These are the top 10 safest low-cost carriers in the world, according to experts

These are the top 10 safest low-cost carriers in the world, according to experts

AirlineRatings.com, a website for airline safety and product reviews, , and three US carriers made the list. The Australian-based ranking website publishes an annual list highlighting the world's safest airlines, focusing on factors like accident and incident records, audits, ban lists from the European Union, fleet age, and COVID protocols. The top 10 were determined from the 385 airlines the organization monitors, according to AirlineRatings. , which ranks in order from highest to lowest, low-cost carriers are listed alphabetically. This means AirlineRatings does not distinguish who came out on top, though all 10 boast a seven-star safety rating, except for Jetstar Japan under the Jetstar Group. According to , the airline is absent from its audit registry. AirlineRatings' has given the carrier a six-star safety rating instead of seven. AirlineRatings that airlines without IATA's Operational Safety Audit, or IOSA, are not unsafe carriers, but those that have conducted and passed the audit "comply with the most stringent of rules and practices governing aviation safety." The world's 10 safest low-cost carriers include three from the US, including Allegiant, Frontier, and JetBlue. Mexico-based Volaris also made the list despite the country being in May. According to the agency, a Category 2 rating