World's Safest And Cheapest Airlines This 2018

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The list of safest airlines in the world for 2018 is now out!
 AirlineRatings.com an Australia-based aviation analysis websitehas  released its annual list and out
of the 409 airlines, 20 stand out as the "best of the best," according to AirlineRatings.com's editor-in-chief Geoffrey Thomas.
These 20 airlines from across Asia, Europe and the United States, he says, are "always at the forefront of safety innovation, operational excellence and the launching of new more advanced aircraft."
From 2014 to 2017, AirlineRatings.com named Australian airline Qantas the world's safest airline, and once again AirlineRatings.com has commended it for being "the lead airline in virtually every major operational safety advancement over the past 60 years" without a single fatality in the jet era.


"But Qantas is not alone," says Thomas. "Long-established airlines such as Hawaiian and Finnair have perfect records in the jet era."

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This year, AirlineRatings.com has decided to honor the top 20 airlines on equal footing.
The top 20 for 2018, in alphabetical order are:
Air New Zealand

 Alaska Airlines

All Nippon Airways
 

British Airways

 Cathay Pacific Airways

Emirates

 Etihad Airways

 EVA Air 

Finnair 

Hainan Airlines

Hawaiian Airlines

 Japan Airlines

 KLM 

Lufthansa 

Qantas

 Scandinavian Airline System, 

Singapore Airlines 

Swiss 

Virgin Atlantic 

Virgin Australia

Notably absent from the 2018 list are the US airlines Delta and United. In April 2017, Delta's enviable record of years of reliable service was blotted by a five-day meltdown in which more than 3,200 flights were canceled in response to storms.
In the same month, United Airlines' reputation took a serious battering when a video went viral of a passenger being dragged off an overbooked flight.
New entries on this year's list are Dubai-based Emirates and China's Hainan Airlines.

Meanwhile they also announced the cheapest airlines. Here are they in alphabetical order: 
Aer Lingus, Flybe, Frontier, HK Express, JetBlue, Jetstar Australia, Thomas Cook, Virgin America, Vueling and WestJet.
These airlines all have excellent safety records and, unlike a number of low-cost carriers, they have all passed the stringent International Air Transport Association Operational Safety Audit (IOSA).
Colorado's Frontier Airlines is a new entry on the 2018 list, taking a slot vacated by Singapore's Jetstar Asia.
"Certainly, air travel is safer today than at any time in history but passengers still need to know which are the best of the best," says Thomas.
AirlineRatings.com ranks the airlines using a unique seven-star rating system. The top airlines have all achieved the full seven stars.
Its lowest-rated airlines for 2018, achieving just one star in the rankings, are North Korea's Air Koryo, Suriname's Blue Wing Airlines, Indonesia's Trigana Air Service and Nepal's Buddha Air, Nepal Airlines, Tara Air and Yeti Airlines.

Source: CNN

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United Nations Agency Bans Bringing Spare Lithium-Ion Batteries on Airplanes!

Starting April 1, lithium-ion batteries will be restricted in your plane travel especially bringing spare or more of them. Lithium Ion batteries are found in mobile phones and laptops, portable computers and other electronic gadgets. 

|The U.N. aviation agency on Monday prohibited transporting of lithium-ion batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft, following concerns by pilots and plane makers that they are a fire risk. Lithium metal batteries, which are used in watches, have already been banned on passenger planes globally. Lithium metal batteries, used in watches, are not rechargable while lithium-ion batteries, used in cell phones and laptops, can be recharged. 

Reuters report that the International Civil Aviation Organization's 36-state governing council said the prohibition would be in effect as of April 1, and would be maintained until a new fire-resistant packaging standard is designed to transport the batteries. Lithium-ion batteries can still be transported on cargo planes.|

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You can bring on your carry on baggage mobile phones and gadgets like MP4's MP3's and tablets as well as other electronic devices less than 100Wh or Watt Hour BUT YOU CANNOT BRING IN CHECKED BAGGAGE EXTRA OR SPARE as per IATA guidelines

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"Power bank must only be carried in hand luggage or carried around. It is not allowed to carry power banks in checked luggage. 3. If the rated power is less than 100WH, power banks can be carried without approval; power banks with the power between 100WH and 160WH can be carried after approval of air carrier."

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WARNING: HOVERBOARDS, NOT ALLOWED ONBOARD OR BAGGAGE IN AIRPLANE!

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PAL, CEBU PACIFIC, Singapore Airlines, Delta Airlines, United Airlines, American and British Airways, Emirates Airlines and other Middle Eastern airlines bans check-in and handcarry of hoverboards.

HOVERBOARDS are among the must-have gadgets this Christmas, just make sure to leave them at home before your next flight.

Local carriers Cebu Pacific Air and Philippine Airlines announced Monday that they are banning the carriage of the self-balancing personal transport vehicle, saying their powerful lithium-ion batteries may spontaneously catch fire.

Hoverboards and similar devices will no longer be accepted for check-in and for hand carriage abroad all flights starting Dec. 21, 2015.

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 "In a report, Emirates Airlines says it has been confiscating up to 18 scooter boards per day from departure passengers attempting to travel with the controversial toys.

The motorised devices have been banned by a number of airlines over concerns about their lithium batteries, which can in some cases spark if brought into contact with other metal objects.

Screenshot from UAE news site, 7DAYS.

As many UAE expats prepare to jet home with presents, Emirates, Etihad and flydubai are urging passengers not to turn up at the airport with the devices.

Emirates has taken away up to 18 on their busiest days though the numbers have dropped off.

flydubai also confirmed in a statement to 7DAYS that no scooter boards will be allowed onboard, in either hand luggage or check-in bags."

Just a few days ago, a mother warned the public that the toy hover trax or hover board went up in flames. 

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WPTV NewsChannel 5 reports: Pamela Levine says her 11-year old daughter, Sophie, just missed getting injured by her hoverboard Saturday night. "She felt it get hot, she jumped off, and it was in flames," she says.
Pamela quickly put water on the flames, and says the fire was out before firefighters arrived.

Another report says: 

"One of the hottest holiday toys is literally catching fire."

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