AirlineRatings.com, the world’s leading airline safety and product rating authority, has revealed its much-anticipated World’s Safest Airline Rankings for 2026, evaluating 320 airlines using arigorous, data-driven methodology that includes incident rates, fleet age, pilot training,international audit compliance, and enhanced turbulence-prevention measures.In this year’s rankings, Etihad Airways has been named the World’s Safest Airline for 2026,topping AirlineRatings.com’s highly regarded global safety rankings. This marks a historicachievement as the first Gulf carrier ever to secure the number one position in the full-serviceairline safety list, underscoring Etihad’s unwavering commitment to aviation safety excellence.Etihad’s top ranking is based on several key factors, including its young fleet, advanced cockpitsafety systems with a focus on turbulence management, a crash-free history, and the lowest incident rate per flight among all airlines evaluated.