How to quickly check the reliability of the airline

the issue of security - one of the most exciting pre-flight. And when you need to choose the flight and time to study all airlines no, I want to get the most useful information in one place. This is what gives service Airline Ratings.

Airline Ratings - is a service, which collects data on international and regional airlines. The service has a large database, including information on Russian air carriers.

Using simple: choose the letter which begins the name of the company, looking for it in the list, and see the ratings.

All air carriers are evaluated on two parameters:

• Security. For all companies a single rating, the highest rating - the seven stars.
• Comfort. There are different criteria for companies c full-service and low-cost airlines for domestic airlines. The first must score seven stars, second and third - five.

On what basis were rating?

Security

To get the seven stars, the company tested. If the carrier meets these criteria, it gets the highest score.

• The company has been checked for compliance with the
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  IOSA. It is a standard of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is estimated by the quality of management and maintenance of aircraft in the airline. Confirm certificate accounts every two years, and it awarded two stars in the rating.
• Company does not blacklist The European Union. Some companies banned flights in European airspace. The ban is based on poor maintenance of aircraft, estimated the potential risk to the passengers. The company may be flawless flight history in terms of security, but the poor quality of aircraft maintenance will send it to the blacklist.
• The company has no cases on the plane of death for 10 years. Taking into account only the accidents that led to the death of a passenger or crew member. Terrorist attacks and the seizure of the aircraft did not affect the rate.
• The company approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). In the US as well as in Europe, flights are prohibited airlines, which transport service does not meet the safety requirements.
• The company is located in country, Which corresponds to eight security parameters by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). It is a specialized UN agency that monitors compliance with the norms of international flights. For compliance with all eight parameters airline received two stars in the ranking, 5-7 settings - one star for less meets the requirements of the company did not receive anything.
• If airlines banned aboard flights for safety reasons over the last five years, for it is removed more star rating.

Comfort

As already mentioned, comfort rating is different for different carriers. To assign a star estimated whole fleet. For example, if half of the aircraft wide seat pitch, and the other half - is not present, then the rating will be displayed polzvezdy. The plate below shows that it is estimated the service editors.

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What else

In addition to the rankings, the service provides information on the airline's fleet, the history of its creation, the services are provided to passengers in flight.

A handy tool especially for those travelers who often fly on international flights, provides comprehensive information about the reliability of various airlines.