Airlines/Japan
Is Japan Airlines safe?
No fatal accidents since 1985 (JL123). Dramatically reformed safety culture. Consistently top-rated.
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 1985 (41y ago). Full methodology.
Safety signals
Fleet
Counting every airframe we hold for this airline's code, which is more than the fleet figure in our carrier data (165). The table below lists them.
The actual aircraft in Japan Airlines's fleet
Individual airframes we hold for Japan Airlines, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 737-800 | 45 | 16.7 yrs | 2006 to 2012 |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 29 | 19.1 yrs | 2002 to 2011 |
| Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner | 25 | 11.7 yrs | 2010 to 2020 |
| Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner | 22 | 8.7 yrs | 2013 to 2020 |
| Embraer 170 | 18 | 14.7 yrs | 2008 to 2018 |
| Airbus A350-900 | 16 | 5.9 yrs | 2019 to 2022 |
| Embraer 190 | 14 | 9.4 yrs | 2016 to 2018 |
| Boeing 777-300ER | 13 | 19.6 yrs | 2003 to 2009 |
| Boeing 777-200 / 200ER | 10 | 23.1 yrs | 1997 to 2005 |
| Boeing 777-300 | 4 | 25.2 yrs | 1999 to 2003 |
We can date 45 of the 45 Boeing 737-800 airframes we hold for Japan Airlines. They average 16.7 years old, built between 2006 and 2012.