Skytrax’s ranking shows which airlines are better prepared to protect passengers and crew from the pandemic.
The new coronavirus pandemic has influenced society in several sectors, as well as changing great and small things in our daily lives. One of these changes was the pleasure of entering a plane and going to another destination. What previously was just a pleasant part of a trip, today has become a rather complicated task. And the stress is justified: nowadays there is a series of restrictions to avoid contagion from Covid-19. Therefore, the care provided by airlines becomes the main means of comparing them.
With an eye on the necessary protocols throughout an entire flight, from arrival and stay at airports to the hours inside the plane, Skytrax, the specialized portal, analyzed the practices of the world’s main airlines. The result, a ranking for prevention of covid-19, was published in the study Airline Safety Rating.
Awarded five, four or three stars, the companies were classified according to specific areas of hygiene and sanitary protection, such as check-in, technologies used, sanitation of seats and other basic factors for the safe circulation of passengers on planes. Check out the general results of the 20 airlines already rated by the portal.
Five stars were awarded to the following companies: Qatar Airways (Qatar) and airBaltic (Latvia). Four stars were awarded to: Aegean Airlines (Greece); Air France (France); British Airways(United Kingdom); Copa Airlines (Panama); easyJet (United Kingdom); Emirates (Arab Emirates); Iberia (Spain); IndiGo (India); KLM (Holland); Lufthansa (Germany); Ryanair (Ireland); Turkish Airlines (Turkey) and Vueling Airlines (Spain).Classified with three stars: Anadolujet (Turkey); Blue Air (Romania); LOT Polish Airlines (Poland); Pegasus Airlines (Turkey) e Wizz Air (Hungary).
