Airlines/South Korea
Is Asiana Airlines safe?
South Korean full-service carrier merging with Korean Air. One fatal accident (SFO 2013, 3 fatalities). Generally good safety record.
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
Strong
Modelled fatal-accident risk on the order of 1 in 9.0 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 2013 (13y 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 (82). The table below lists them.
The actual aircraft in Asiana Airlines's fleet
Individual airframes we hold for Asiana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A330-300 | 15 | 17.1 yrs | 2004 to 2014 |
| Airbus A321ceo | 14 | 12.1 yrs | 2012 to 2016 |
| Airbus A350-900 | 13 | 8.1 yrs | 2017 to 2020 |
| Boeing 747-400 | 12 | 30 yrs | 1991 to 2004 |
| Boeing 777-200 / 200ER | 9 | 18.7 yrs | 2002 to 2013 |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 8 | 30.1 yrs | 1993 to 1998 |
| Airbus A380-800 | 6 | 11.2 yrs | 2014 to 2016 |
| Airbus A321neo | 6 | 5.5 yrs | 2019 to 2022 |
| Airbus A320 (ceo) | 2 | not enough dated | 2005 to 2008 |
We can date 15 of the 15 Airbus A330-300 airframes we hold for Asiana Airlines. They average 17.1 years old, built between 2004 and 2014.