The budget carrier, owned by billionaire Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, has joined the list along with the U.S.'s Allegiant Air and Southwest, Malaysia's AirAsia, Switzerland-based EasyJet, Canada’s Flair Airlines, Ireland’s Ryanair, Australia's Jetstar, Emirati government-owned Fly Dubai and Singapore's Scoot.

A Vietjet aircraft prepares to land at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City in June 2020.

The ranking was drawn up by Australia-based AirlineRatings.com, which monitors 385 carriers and considers audits from several factors like safety, innovation, passenger comfort, service, and staff engagement.

Airlineratings.com Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Thomas said "each of these airlines has a good safety record and has made a big difference in their respective markets."

All chosen airlines have either good safety and incident records or have completed the International Air Transport Association Operational Safety Audit.

Budget airline Vietjet targets profits of VND1 trillion (US$43.14 million) this year, 10 times the 2021 figure, as it seeks to recover from a two-year slump caused by Covid-19.

Vietjet plans to return to its pre-pandemic schedule domestically and resume 70 percent of international flights.

Another 259 Vietnamese from Ukraine arrive home on flight from Poland

A Vietnam Airlines flight from Warsaw arrived at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on March 19, bringing home an additional 259 Vietnamese citizens evacuating from Ukraine.

Two more flights carrying Vietnamese fleeing Ukraine to arrive in Hanoi this week

Two additional flights bringing home Vietnamese evacuated from Ukraine to neighbouring countries are scheduled to arrive in Hanoi on March 17 and 19.

Vietnam Airlines’ flights to repatriate another 500 Vietnamese from Ukraine

Vietnam Airlines has announced it will conduct two more flights to bring more than 500 Vietnamese people from Ukraine back home on March 13.

Second repatriation flight from Romania brings nearly 300 Vietnamese home

A Vietnam Airlines flight, coded VN68, took off from the Bucharest’s Henri Coandă International Airport at 19:20 on March 12 (local time) to bring nearly 300 Vietnamese back from Ukraine to Vietnam.

Source: VnExpress