Aircraft/Airbus
Is the Airbus A330-300 safe?
The honest safety record for the Airbus A330-300, straight from the accident data. Context, not spin.
Informational only. Not safety, operational, or travel advice. These are estimates from public records, provided as-is; see our terms & disclaimer.
0.07
modelled fatal rate / million flights
18.0M
flights flown since 1994
1 / 6
fatal accidents / hull losses on record
The rate is the model's shrinkage-adjusted estimate, the same figure used in a flight's score, not a raw count ÷ flights ratio. See the methodology.
Specifications
What the record shows
A widely operated long-haul widebody with a strong in-service safety record. The A330-300's one fatal accident was a 1994 test flight (Airbus 129); in commercial service its record is excellent. The family's best-known accident, Air France 447 (2009), involved the shorter A330-200 and drove industry-wide changes to pitot-probe standards and high-altitude stall training.
Engine programme: Trent 700 / CF6 / PW4000, mature programs with long, well-documented service histories.
Accidents on record
2009: Stalled and crashed into the ocean during a night oceanic crossing
Atlantic Ocean · 228 fatalities
Who flies the Airbus A330-300, and how old theirs are
Counted from individual airframes in our registry, with build years from public registries and sourced references. An age appears only where we can date at least three of that airline's Airbus A330-300 aircraft; otherwise we say so rather than estimate.
The oldest Airbus A330-300 we can date in an airline fleet was built in 1997, about 29 years ago. The oldest airframes of a type reach every inspection milestone first. How planes are checked
| Airline | In our registry | Average age |
|---|---|---|
| Cathay Pacific Airways | 41 | 17.8 yrs |
| Delta Air Lines | 29 | 18.2 yrs |
| Korean Air | 22 | 22.6 yrs |
| Air Canada | 20 | 19.8 yrs |
| Asiana Airlines | 15 | 17.2 yrs |
| Swiss International Air Lines | 14 | 15.9 yrs |
| Qantas | 10 | 22.3 yrs |
| Qatar Airways | 8 | 20.3 yrs |
| China Airlines | 7 | 19.3 yrs |
| Virgin Atlantic Airways | 6 | 14.8 yrs |
| Turkish Airlines | 5 | 15.3 yrs |
| Lufthansa | 3 | 17.3 yrs |