Airlines/Canada
Is WestJet safe?
Canada's second-largest airline, flying Boeing 737s and 787-9s since 1996. It has had no fatal accidents.
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 11 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. Full methodology.
Safety signals
No fatal accidents in its history (checked Sep 2026). A clean history is a good sign, and it is one signal among several.
Fleet
Counting every airframe we hold for this airline's code, which is more than the fleet figure in our carrier data (162). The table below lists them.
The actual aircraft in WestJet's fleet
Individual airframes we hold for WestJet, 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 | 59 | 13.7 yrs | 2003 to 2025 |
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 59 | 5.1 yrs | 2015 to 2026 |
| Boeing 737-700 | 39 | 18.6 yrs | 2003 to 2025 |
| Dash 8 Q400 | 35 | 10.6 yrs | 2013 to 2018 |
| Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner | 7 | 6.4 yrs | 2019 to 2022 |
| Boeing 737-600 | 5 | 0.5 yrs | 2025 to 2026 |
We can date 59 of the 59 Boeing 737-800 airframes we hold for WestJet. They average 13.7 years old, built between 2003 and 2025.