The world’s safest low-cost airlines for 2016

Responding to public interest, the AirlineRatings.com editors also identified their top ten safest low cost airlines.

Unlike a number of low cost carriers, these airlines have all passed the stringent International Air Transport Association Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) and have excellent safety records.

They are in alphabetical order:

• Aer Lingus
• Flybe
• HK Express
• Jetblue
• Jetstar Australia
• Thomas Cook
• TUI Fly
• Virgin America
• Volaris and
• Westjet