Airlines/Hong Kong
Is Cathay Pacific safe?
Hong Kong's flag carrier. Its last fatal accident was in 1967, when a Convair 880 overran the runway at Kai Tak and one passenger died. Consistently among the world's safest airlines.
A modelled estimate and protected opinion, not a factual safety verdict. Informational only, not safety or travel advice, provided as-is. See our terms & disclaimer.
Operator safety tier
Elite
Modelled fatal-accident risk on the order of 1 in 10 million flights.
A model estimate from validated signals (the dominant factor in a flight's safety), not a measurement of this airline's own flight history. IOSA-registered; last fatal accident 1967 (59y ago). Full methodology.
Safety signals
Fleet
The actual aircraft in Cathay Pacific's fleet
Individual airframes we hold for Cathay Pacific, with build years taken from public registries and sourced references. These are the specific aircraft you might be boarding, not an industry average. Where we cannot date enough of a subfleet we leave the age blank rather than estimate it.
| Aircraft | In our registry | Average age | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A330-300 | 41 | 17.8 yrs | 2001 to 2015 |
| Boeing 777-300ER | 39 | 14.4 yrs | 2007 to 2015 |
| Airbus A350-900 | 30 | 8.7 yrs | 2016 to 2023 |
| Boeing 777-300 | 16 | 24.9 yrs | 1997 to 2006 |
| Airbus A350-1000 | 15 | 7.1 yrs | 2018 to 2022 |
| Boeing 747-8 | 13 | 14 yrs | 2011 to 2016 |
| Airbus A321neo | 9 | 3.3 yrs | 2020 to 2024 |
| Boeing 747-400 | 7 | 19.7 yrs | 1994 to 2009 |
We can date 41 of the 41 Airbus A330-300 airframes we hold for Cathay Pacific. They average 17.8 years old, built between 2001 and 2015.