Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) is flying high after being ranked amongst the top 20 safest airlines in the world.

The annual list, published by AirlineRatings.com, compared 409 airlines based on “their compliance with international regulators, the age of their fleet of aircraft, fatality record over the past 10 years, their results from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) safety audits and whether their countries of origin conform with ICAO’s safety parameter,” according to the news agency Petra.

The list’s safety-rating system was developed with the help of the United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

RJ’s President/CEO, Stefan Pichler, said the airlines was “proud to be rated among the 20 safest air carriers in the whole world.”

What makes RJ a winner, according to Pichler, is that the airline“regularly develops technology, renovates its fleet of aircraft, and works on developing the capacity of the staff and flight crew through extensive training sessions in Jordan and overseas.”

“We strictly abide by international rules and regulations of air and ground safety. We also make sure to maintain our high international position, and continue service improvement to increase RJ’s competitiveness in the market,” Pichler added.

Out of the 20 airlines, no one was declared a winner, as the names were listed in alphabetical order: Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, All Nippon Airways, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Emirates Airlines, Etihad Airways, Eva Air, Finnair, Hawaiian Airlines, Japan Airlines, KLM, Lufthansa, Qantas, Royal Jordanian, Scandinavian Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Swiss Airlines, Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Australia.