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Vueling safety record

Vueling has never had a fatal accident — not once in more than twenty years of flying. On airlines like Vueling, the chance of a passenger dying in an accident is about 1 in 80 million per flight.

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No one on board has ever died in an accidentin 22 years of flying
Chance of dying in an accident, per flight1 in 80 million

For airlines based in Spain and the other countries in the same safety group, 2018–2022 (MIT study).

Put another way: if you took a flight every single day, you would, on average, fly for about 219,000 years before a fatal accident happened to you.

the record

Not a single fatal accident, ever

Vueling has flown since 2004 and has never had an accident in which anyone died. It flies only Airbus A320-family jets, from Barcelona and bases across Europe, and carried about 38 million passengers in 2025.

It belongs to the same group as British Airways and Iberia. It is registered with IATA's operational safety audit (IOSA), which registered airlines must renew every two years.

since 2004

Nothing to put on the line

Vueling has had no accident in which anyone died since it began flying.

20102020
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Vueling in numbers

Founded
2004
Country
Spain
Main hubs
Barcelona · Paris Orly · Rome Fiumicino
Passengers a year
38 M 2025
Fleet
142 as of Dec 2025
IATA safety audit (IOSA)
Registered
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What Vueling flies

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Vueling safety questions

How safe is Vueling?

Vueling has never had a fatal accident — not once in more than twenty years of flying. On airlines like Vueling, the chance of a passenger dying in an accident is about 1 in 80 million per flight. Every fact on this page is sourced — the list is at the bottom.

What is Vueling's safety rating?

FlyBud doesn't invent a score. What matters is the record, which you can check: no one has ever died in an accident on a Vueling flight, in more than twenty years of flying. It is registered with IATA's operational safety audit (IOSA), which registered airlines must renew every two years.

Has Vueling ever crashed?

No. Vueling has never had an accident in which anyone died since it began flying in 2004.

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Where these facts come from

Every fact on this page is from official accident reports, the airline's own filings or the published accident record.

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