{"id":22431,"date":"2020-09-23T22:50:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T22:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gometa.co.za\/info\/?page_id=22431"},"modified":"2020-09-23T22:50:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T22:50:22","slug":"is-it-safe-to-fly-saa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forms24.co.za\/data\/is-it-safe-to-fly-saa\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it safe to fly SAA?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HOW SAFE ARE SOUTH AFRICAN AIRLINES?<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>South African Airways (SAA) is 16th on the list, sitting above the likes of Qatar Airways and Air France in the top 20. The only blot on its copybook is that it fails to meet two ICAO safety standards, but it still keeps hold of its seven-star status.<\/p><div class=\"forms-atf\" style=\"margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom: 20px;\" id=\"forms-1347275456\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9198760278752355\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- Responsive ads atf -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9198760278752355\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"8381596201\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kulula, Airlink and Mango also have the maximum safety rating, despite only clocking six of the eight criteria points set out by ICAO. Flying in South Africa seems to be a trouble-free pursuit. Well,\u00a0unless you have to make an emergency landing because you\u2019re too heavy to touch down.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OW AN AIRLINE IS CLASSED AS \u201cSAFE\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>So to judge how safe an airline is, you have to consider the following five factors. Unless mentioned, all of these account for one star on a plane\u2019s safety rating:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>An IOSA certificate from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) \u2013 that\u2019s worth three stars.<\/li><li>The ability to travel to and from the EU, subject to their approval.<\/li><li>Being \u201cfatality free\u201d.<\/li><li>It needs to be meet most or all eight of the safety criteria set out by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). Adhering to five will get them half a star, whereas four or less means they get nothing.<\/li><li>If the country \u2013 rather than the airline \u2013 is allowed to fly in US airspace. For example, South African Airways has this star because South Africa has that permission. However, the same can\u2019t be said for all Thai airliners, as Thailand doesn\u2019t have the same allowance.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">THE LEAST SAFE AIRLINES IN THE WORLD<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re travelling through Nepal at any point, you\u2019re going to have to be very careful who you fly with. Two of their airlines \u2013 Buddha Air and Nepal Airlines \u2013 have a safety rating of just one star. Considering the maximum total is seven stars, that makes things even worse for the carriers. Both have also endured fatal crashes in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Afghanistan also doubles up on the danger: Both Kam Air and Ariana Afghan Airlines hold just a two-star rating. Although both pass the fatality-free and US airspace tests, they\u2019re still regarded as highly unsafe.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>As<em>\u00a0The National<\/em>\u00a0report, Kam Air suffered a major blow early last year\u00a0when up to 10 employees were killed in an attack on Kabul\u2019s Intercontinental hotel. About 40 of its pilots and aircrew, many of whom were foreigners, were staying in the hotel at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Airline PNG of Papua New Guinea and Blue Wings of Suriname also have a lowly two-star status. Their rating suffered a blow when both airliners saw high-profile fatal crashes further damage their reputations, in 2010 and 2011 respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Thailand\u2019s NOK Air and Air Asia fleets also languish on two-star status. They are joined by Iraqi Airlines, and two more Nepalese businesses: Yeti and Himalaya Airlines may have had no deaths to report, but&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.airlineratings.com\/safety-rating-tool\/\">airlineratings.com<\/a>&nbsp;still have them at the bottom of the pile for other various violations.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SAFEST AIRLINES IN THE WORLD<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>Okay, for nervous flyers, that couldn\u2019t have been very enjoyable. 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