Airlines/Australia
Is Qantas safe?
No fatal accidents in the jet era; its last fatal accident was in 1951, when a de Havilland Dragon crashed in the New Guinea highlands and 3 died. Often cited as the world's safest airline, under rigorous Australian regulatory oversight.
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 9.9 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 1951 (75y 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 (126). The table below lists them.
The actual aircraft in Qantas's fleet
Individual airframes we hold for Qantas, 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 | 76 | 18.5 yrs | 2001 to 2015 |
| Airbus A320 (ceo) | 51 | 18 yrs | 2004 to 2014 |
| Airbus A321neo | 19 | 3.1 yrs | 2022 to 2025 |
| Airbus A330-200 | 18 | 18.6 yrs | 2002 to 2012 |
| Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner | 14 | 7.2 yrs | 2017 to 2023 |
| Airbus A380-800 | 10 | 16.7 yrs | 2008 to 2011 |
| Airbus A330-300 | 10 | 22.3 yrs | 2003 to 2005 |
| Fokker 100 | 9 | 32.8 yrs | 1993 to 1995 |
| Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner | 8 | 12.3 yrs | 2013 to 2015 |
| Dash 8 Q300 | 7 | 24 yrs | 1999 to 2004 |
| Boeing 717-200 | 5 | 23.1 yrs | 1999 to 2006 |
| Airbus A321ceo | 4 | 22.3 yrs | 1998 to 2009 |
We can date 76 of the 76 Boeing 737-800 airframes we hold for Qantas. They average 18.5 years old, built between 2001 and 2015.