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. On a fleet this varied, one seat number means different things on different departures of the same route, because the cabin you get depends on which airframe is assigned.

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Air China fleet as flown

Aircraft types CA currently schedules on its own metal. Regional flying under the CA brand counts as CA metal; flights CA markets but another airline operates don't.

Air China aircraft types, with the nonstop routes and airports each one serves
Aircraft Nonstop routes Airports served Typical route
Boeing 737-800 514 129 760 mi
Airbus A320 459 107 840 mi
Airbus A321 353 82 860 mi
Airbus A319 233 81 830 mi
Airbus A320neo 163 72 890 mi
Airbus A321neo family 161 58 960 mi
Boeing 737 MAX 8 143 60 1,250 mi
Boeing 737-700 138 64 640 mi
Airbus A330-300 126 48 1,080 mi
909 89 37 540 mi
Airbus A350-900 70 26 4,160 mi
Airbus A330-200 62 29 1,030 mi
Boeing 777-300 52 23 4,470 mi
Airbus A330 51 20 1,030 mi
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner 38 16 3,130 mi
Boeing 777-300ER 34 19 3,960 mi
COMAC C919 26 14 710 mi
Boeing 737 18 14 560 mi
COMAC ARJ21 15 12 610 mi
Boeing 747 12 7 5,060 mi
Boeing 747-400 6 4 1,170 mi
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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, because that is what was filed; 2LNR doesn't guess the airframe.

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

Add the flight and open it. On Pro, 2LNR reads the seat map for that CA flight and date, scores the open seats inside your own cabin and marks paid seats as paid. The map is read when you ask, not stored, so an aircraft swap shows up as a different map instead of a wrong one.

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.

2LNR doesn't publish stored cabin drawings or per-seat comfort ratings for CA aircraft. To browse a layout on an aircraft you haven't booked, use a maintained diagram library such as AeroLOPA.

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.
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.

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