Boeing 737-800
Narrowbody · Filed as 738
- Nonstop routes
- 519
- Airports served
- 129
- Typical route
- 780 mi
Longest route: Moscow (SVO) to Ürümqi (URC), about 2,320 miles.
Air China seat maps: which aircraft CA actually flies
Air China (CA) operates 16 distinct aircraft types across 220 airports in 2LNR's schedule data, including Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320, and Airbus A321. A fleet this varied is exactly why a seat number means different things on different departures of the same route: the cabin you get depends on which airframe is assigned. Every aircraft below carries the routes CA actually flies it on, how far those routes run, and the cabin configuration CA records for it where there is one.
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Aircraft types
220
Airports served
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The Air China fleet, as actually flown
Aircraft types CA currently schedules on its own metal, each with the nonstop routes it operates, how far those routes run and the cabin configuration CA records for it. Regional flying under the CA brand counts as CA metal; flights CA markets but another airline operates do not.
Airbus A320
Narrowbody · Filed as 320
- Nonstop routes
- 481
- Airports served
- 104
- Typical route
- 840 mi
Longest route: Jakarta (CGK) to Chengdu (TFU), about 2,520 miles.
Airbus A321
Narrowbody · Filed as 321
- Nonstop routes
- 358
- Airports served
- 79
- Typical route
- 860 mi
Longest route: Bishkek (BSZ) to Beijing (PEK), about 2,160 miles.
Airbus A319
Narrowbody · Filed as 319
- Nonstop routes
- 272
- Airports served
- 80
- Typical route
- 810 mi
Longest route: Konggar (LXA) to Beijing (PEK), about 1,630 miles.
Airbus A320neo
Narrowbody · Filed as 32N
- Nonstop routes
- 187
- Airports served
- 73
- Typical route
- 890 mi
Longest route: Chengdu (TFU) to Jakarta (CGK), about 2,520 miles.
Airbus A321neo family
Narrowbody · Filed as 32Q
- Nonstop routes
- 181
- Airports served
- 58
- Typical route
- 890 mi
Longest route: Beijing (PEK) to Phnom Penh (Boeng Khyang) (KTI), about 2,110 miles.
Boeing 737 MAX 8
Narrowbody · Filed as 7M8
- Nonstop routes
- 154
- Airports served
- 60
- Typical route
- 1,250 mi
Longest route: Beijing (PEK) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL), about 2,740 miles.
Boeing 737-700
Narrowbody · Filed as 73G
- Nonstop routes
- 140
- Airports served
- 61
- Typical route
- 660 mi
Longest route: Beijing (PEK) to Karamay (KRY), about 1,640 miles.
Airbus A330-300
Widebody · Filed as 333
- Nonstop routes
- 131
- Airports served
- 49
- Typical route
- 1,080 mi
Longest route: Beijing (PEK) to Melbourne (MEL), about 5,660 miles.
Airbus A350-900
Widebody · Filed as 359
- Nonstop routes
- 72
- Airports served
- 26
- Typical route
- 4,550 mi
Longest route: Beijing (PEK) to New York (JFK), about 6,820 miles.
909
Filed as 909
- Nonstop routes
- 66
- Airports served
- 31
- Typical route
- 560 mi
Longest route: Chengdu (TFU) to Jieyang (Rongcheng) (SWA), about 890 miles.
Airbus A330-200
Widebody · Filed as 332
- Nonstop routes
- 65
- Airports served
- 32
- Typical route
- 1,090 mi
Longest route: Milan (MXP) to Wenzhou (WNZ), about 5,810 miles.
Boeing 777-300
Widebody · Filed as 773
- Nonstop routes
- 52
- Airports served
- 24
- Typical route
- 3,960 mi
Longest route: Los Angeles (LAX) to Shenzhen (SZX), about 7,240 miles.
Airbus A330
Widebody · Filed as 330
- Nonstop routes
- 40
- Airports served
- 19
- Typical route
- 1,120 mi
Longest route: Athens (ATH) to Beijing (PEK), about 4,730 miles.
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
Widebody · Filed as 789
- Nonstop routes
- 39
- Airports served
- 16
- Typical route
- 3,130 mi
Longest route: Auckland (AKL) to Beijing (PEK), about 6,480 miles.
COMAC ARJ21
Regional jet · Filed as C27
- Nonstop routes
- 34
- Airports served
- 18
- Typical route
- 520 mi
Longest route: Chengdu (TFU) to Quzhou (JUZ), about 870 miles.
Boeing 777-300ER
Widebody · Filed as 77W
- Nonstop routes
- 33
- Airports served
- 18
- Typical route
- 3,600 mi
Longest route: Toronto (YYZ) to Beijing (PEK), about 6,560 miles.
COMAC C919
Narrowbody · Filed as 919
- Nonstop routes
- 22
- Airports served
- 12
- Typical route
- 840 mi
Longest route: Hong Kong (HKG) to Beijing (PEK), about 1,240 miles.
Boeing 737
Narrowbody · Filed as 737
- Nonstop routes
- 19
- Airports served
- 14
- Typical route
- 560 mi
Longest route: Kunming (KMG) to Wenzhou (WNZ), about 1,120 miles.
Boeing 747
Widebody · Filed as 747
- Nonstop routes
- 10
- Airports served
- 6
- Typical route
- 4,840 mi
Longest route: Beijing (PEK) to Washington (IAD), about 6,900 miles.
Boeing 747-400
Widebody · Filed as 744
- Nonstop routes
- 6
- Airports served
- 4
- Typical route
- 1,170 mi
Longest route: Shenzhen (SZX) to Beijing (PEK), about 1,220 miles.
Route counts are distinct directional nonstop city pairs in 2LNR's schedule data. Where an airline files a family code without naming a variant, the card reads as the family: that is what was filed, and guessing the airframe would be worse than saying so.
Distances are great-circle miles between the two airports, rounded to the nearest ten, not the track a flight actually files. A longest route is shown only where every one of that aircraft's routes could be measured, and a typical route only where most of them could; where the measurement was too thin, the figure is left out rather than estimated.
How to see the seat map for your CA flight
The useful version of this question is per flight, not per aircraft type.
Add the flight, then open its live map
On Pro, 2LNR reads the seat map for the specific CA flight and date you are looking at, scores the open seats inside your own cabin and marks paid seats as paid. It is read at the moment you ask rather than stored, so an aircraft swap shows up as a different map instead of a wrong one.
Then let it watch
Cabins churn in the last days before departure as blocked rows release and upgrades clear. Seat monitoring re-reads the map on a cadence that tightens as departure approaches and tells you when a better seat opens, or when the seat you hold changes underneath you.
More on that in seat monitoring.
If you want a cabin diagram instead
2LNR does not publish stored cabin drawings or per-seat comfort ratings for CA aircraft, and this page will not pretend otherwise. For browsing a layout on an aircraft you have not booked, a maintained diagram library such as AeroLOPA is the right tool.
Frequently asked questions about Air China (CA) aircraft
What aircraft does Air China fly?
16 aircraft types appear on Air China's own metal in 2LNR's schedule data, reaching 220 airports, including Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320, and Airbus A321. The full list is on this page, with the nonstop routes each one operates and the recorded cabin configuration where there is one. Regional flying under the CA brand is counted as CA metal; flights CA markets but another airline operates are not.
Does 2LNR publish CA seat maps by aircraft type?
Not as static diagrams. 2LNR reads the LIVE seat map for a specific CA flight and date, which is a different thing from a stored cabin drawing: an aircraft swap shows up as a different map rather than a wrong one. If you want to browse a cabin layout for an aircraft you have not booked, a maintained seat-map library such as AeroLOPA is the right tool, and this page says so rather than pretending otherwise.
How do I see the seat map for my CA flight?
Add the flight to 2LNR and open it. Pro plans pull that departure's live seat map, score the open seats inside your own cabin, and mark paid seats as paid. 2LNR can then keep watching the map for a better seat, which is the part a static CA cabin diagram was never able to do.
Where does this CA fleet information come from?
From the schedules 2LNR collects continuously and uses to build its own route map: every aircraft listed here is one CA has filed against a nonstop route it operates, and the counts are the routes in that data. It is a picture of what is scheduled, not an aircraft register, so a type CA owns but is not currently scheduling will not appear. Route lengths are great-circle distances between the two airports rather than flown track miles.
What is the longest route Air China flies?
Of the routes in 2LNR's schedule data, the longest CA operates on its own metal is Los Angeles (LAX) to Shenzhen (SZX), about 7,240 miles great-circle, flown on the Boeing 777-300. That is the distance between the two airports rather than the track the flight actually takes, and it is the routing rather than the aircraft that decides it: CA schedules more than one type on many of its routes.
See the seats on your CA flight
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