A Maine coon cat named Mittens clocked up some serious air miles this month after being left on an Air New Zealand flight and accidentally flown to Australia and back. Mittens’ owner, Margo Neas, described the events as “both distressing and unacceptable” after paying $1948 to have her feline flown to Australia.

Mittens was flown three times between New Zealand and Australia after being forgotten in a plane's cargo hold.

Mittens, an 8-year-old Maine coon cat, inadvertently became a globe-trotting feline this month after a mix-up in a plane’s cargo hold left her on an unexpected 24-hour adventure between New Zealand and Australia.

Every year, AirlineRatings.com evaluates hundreds of airlines based on safety criteria, including fleet age and size, incident rates, fatalities, profitability and pilot training. In 2025, the site analysed 385 airlines before unveiling its list of the world’s top 25 safest airlines, divided into full-service and low-cost operators.

A Maine Coon by the name of Mittens became an accidental frequent flyer after the cat’s cage was overlooked in a plane cargo hold, and she travelled between Australia and New Zealand three times over the course of a day.

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Air New Zealand has been rated the safest airline in the world for 2025, closely followed by Qantas. The two airlines battled it out in the prestigious Airlineratings.com rankings with just 1.50 points separating the two carriers.

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Air New Zealand again edged out Qantas in a ranking for the world’s safest airlines to fly in 2025. Using its own seven-star rating system, Australia-based website AirlineRatings analysed data on everything from recent incidents to audits and ...

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