Airlines With the Oldest Fleets (2026)

Qantas has the oldest fleet, with an average aircraft age of 16.5 years, followed by Air Algerie (15.3 years) and El Al Israel Airlines (15.2 years). The average age of each airline's aircraft in active passenger service (freighters not included), from AeroDataBox fleet data for Nov 2026; Airspace Times calculation. Airlines are listed only when AeroDataBox's fleet count is within 10% of the airline's own published fleet: 60 of the 101 airlines we checked pass that test this month, so some big airlines are missing. Mainline fleets only: airline groups are not added together. Equal ages are ordered by fleet size.

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Updated: 14 Nov 2026

#AirlineCountryAverage age (years)Median age (years)Aircraft countedMain types (average age, years)As of
1Qantas

Australia

16.516.8139737-800 18.2 · A330-200 18.3 · 787-9 7.7Nov 2026
2Air Algerie

Algeria

15.315.755737-800 16.9 · ATR 72 18.5 · A330 2.7Nov 2026
3El Al Israel Airlines

Israel

15.212.549737-800 20.4 · 787-9 7.7 · 737-900 11.9Nov 2026
4American Airlines

United States

15.113.41,010737-800 15.9 · A321 13.8 · A319 22.5Nov 2026
5Eurowings

Germany

15.016.786A320 16.0 · A319 18.6 · A320neo 4.0Nov 2026
6Allegiant Air

United States

14.815.1127A320 16.4 · A319 21.3 · 737 MAX 8 1.3Nov 2026
7United Airlines

United States

14.713.31,058737-900 13.8 · 737-800 20.9 · 737 MAX 9 1.7Nov 2026
8British Airways

United Kingdom

14.612.8246A320 19.6 · 777-200 26.7 · A320neo 4.7Nov 2026
9Delta Air Lines

United States

14.410.61,010737-900 10.8 · A321 8.3 · A321neo 2.3Nov 2026
10Southwest Airlines

United States

13.412.5802737-700 21.3 · 737-800 10.2 · 737 MAX 8 3.0Nov 2026
11Jet2.com

United Kingdom

13.310.6137737-800 16.6 · A321neo 1.6 · 737-300 28.6Nov 2026
12Vueling

Spain

13.312.5127A320 14.3 · A321 10.7 · A320neo 7.6Nov 2026
13Cathay Pacific

Hong Kong

13.212.1148777-300 17.7 · A330-300 17.4 · A350-900 8.7Nov 2026
14KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Netherlands

13.113.5129737-800 18.6 · A321neo 1.2 · 777-300 12.9Nov 2026
15Aer Lingus

Ireland

13.115.862A320 19.8 · A330-300 13.0 · A320neo 3.0Nov 2026
16JetBlue

United States

12.511.2295A320 21.1 · A220-300 2.5 · A321 10.4Nov 2026
17Air France

France

12.411.6231A220-300 2.8 · A350-900 3.8 · 777-300 18.1Nov 2026
18Royal Air Maroc

Morocco

12.212.070737-800 17.5 · 737 MAX 8 3.6 · 787-8 11.0Nov 2026
19Thai AirAsia

Thailand

12.013.061A320 14.1 · A320neo 9.1 · A321neo 3.4Nov 2026
20Emirates

United Arab Emirates

11.712.1290A380 11.9 · 777-300 13.4 · A350-900 1.0Nov 2026
21Air Canada

Canada

11.710.7193A220-300 3.9 · 787-9 9.2 · A321 16.9Nov 2026
22Shandong Airlines

China

11.611.5142737-800 12.4 · 737 MAX 8 4.7 · 737-700 21.5Nov 2026
23AirAsia

Malaysia

11.610.7104A320 13.7 · A320neo 8.8 · A321neo 2.5Nov 2026
24Shenzhen Airlines

China

11.512.1207737-800 13.3 · A320 14.7 · A320neo 5.0Nov 2026
25SunExpress

Turkey

11.411.284737-800 13.7 · 737 MAX 8 3.3Nov 2026
Sources (1)
  1. AeroDataBox fleet data, aircraft in active passenger service; Airspace Times calculation

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