Airlines/Australia
Is Virgin Australia safe?
No fatal accidents in its history. Australia's second-largest carrier.
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; no fatal accident on record; rating tempered, too little flight record yet to earn a top rating (an absence of accidents is not yet proof of safety). Full methodology.
Safety signals
An absence of recorded fatal accidents is not itself proof of safety. It can also mean limited history.
Fleet
Counting every airframe we hold for this airline's code, which is more than the fleet figure in our carrier data (95). The table below lists them.
The actual aircraft in Virgin Australia's fleet
Individual airframes we hold for Virgin Australia, 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 | 74 | 14.6 yrs | 2003 to 2018 |
| Boeing 737-700 | 9 | 16.8 yrs | 2005 to 2011 |
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 8 | 2.6 yrs | 2023 to 2024 |
| Fokker 100 | 6 | 33.9 yrs | 1990 to 1995 |
| Airbus A320 (ceo) | 5 | 20.8 yrs | 2002 to 2007 |
We can date 74 of the 74 Boeing 737-800 airframes we hold for Virgin Australia. They average 14.6 years old, built between 2003 and 2018.