Boeing 737 MAX 8
Narrowbody · Filed as 7M8
- Nonstop routes
- 142
- Airports served
- 74
- Typical route
- 1,620 mi
Longest route: Abidjan (ABJ) to Addis Ababa (ADD), about 2,940 miles.
Ethiopian Airlines seat maps: which aircraft ET actually flies
Ethiopian Airlines (ET) operates 8 distinct aircraft types across 166 airports in 2LNR's schedule data, including Boeing 737 MAX 8, Boeing 737-800, and Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. 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 ET actually flies it on, how far those routes run, and the cabin configuration ET records for it where there is one.
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Airports served
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The Ethiopian Airlines fleet, as actually flown
Aircraft types ET currently schedules on its own metal, each with the nonstop routes it operates, how far those routes run and the cabin configuration ET records for it. Regional flying under the ET brand counts as ET metal; flights ET markets but another airline operates don't.
Boeing 737-800
Narrowbody · Filed as 738
- Nonstop routes
- 126
- Airports served
- 61
- Typical route
- 900 mi
Longest route: Addis Ababa (ADD) to Enugu (ENU), about 2,150 miles.
Airbus A350
Widebody · Filed as 350
- Nonstop routes
- 109
- Airports served
- 52
- Typical route
- 2,110 mi
Longest route: Washington (IAD) to Addis Ababa (ADD), about 7,180 miles.
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
Widebody · Filed as 789
- Nonstop routes
- 99
- Airports served
- 51
- Typical route
- 2,010 mi
Longest route: Toronto (YYZ) to Addis Ababa (ADD), about 7,150 miles.
Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Widebody · Filed as 787
- Nonstop routes
- 88
- Airports served
- 48
- Typical route
- 2,530 mi
Longest route: Addis Ababa (ADD) to Atlanta (ATL), about 7,690 miles.
De Havilland Canada Dash 8
Turboprop · Filed as DH8
- Nonstop routes
- 83
- Airports served
- 37
- Typical route
- 250 mi
Longest route: Entebbe (EBB) to Lilongwe (LLW), about 960 miles.
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
Widebody · Filed as 788
- Nonstop routes
- 69
- Airports served
- 38
- Typical route
- 2,140 mi
Longest route: Atlanta (ATL) to Addis Ababa (ADD), about 7,690 miles.
Boeing 737-700
Narrowbody · Filed as 73W
- Nonstop routes
- 45
- Airports served
- 26
- Typical route
- 960 mi
Longest route: Addis Ababa (ADD) to Antananarivo (TNR), about 2,010 miles.
Boeing 777-200LR
Widebody · Filed as 77L
- Nonstop routes
- 44
- Airports served
- 27
- Typical route
- 1,620 mi
Longest route: Addis Ababa (ADD) to Sao Paulo (GRU), about 6,170 miles.
Boeing 777-300ER
Widebody · Filed as 77W
- Nonstop routes
- 29
- Airports served
- 19
- Typical route
- 1,820 mi
Longest route: Addis Ababa (ADD) to Guangzhou (CAN), about 4,990 miles.
ATR turboprop
Turboprop · Filed as ATR
- Nonstop routes
- 26
- Airports served
- 12
- Typical route
- 510 mi
Longest route: Beni (BNC) to Kinshasa (FIH), about 1,030 miles.
Airbus A350-1000
Widebody · Filed as 351
- Nonstop routes
- 21
- Airports served
- 13
- Typical route
- 2,680 mi
Longest route: Washington (IAD) to Addis Ababa (ADD), about 7,180 miles.
Boeing 737
Narrowbody · Filed as 737
- Nonstop routes
- 17
- Airports served
- 8
- Typical route
- 670 mi
Longest route: Lilongwe (LLW) to Entebbe (EBB), about 960 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's 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 ET 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 ET flight and date you're looking at, scores the open seats inside your own cabin and marks paid seats as paid. It's 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 doesn't publish stored cabin drawings or per-seat comfort ratings for ET aircraft, and this page won't pretend otherwise. For browsing a layout on an aircraft you haven't booked, a maintained diagram library such as AeroLOPA is the right tool.
Frequently asked questions about Ethiopian Airlines (ET) aircraft
What aircraft does Ethiopian Airlines fly?
Eight aircraft types appear on Ethiopian Airlines' own metal in 2LNR's schedule data, reaching 166 airports, including Boeing 737 MAX 8, Boeing 737-800, and Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. 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 ET brand is counted as ET metal; flights ET markets but another airline operates are not.
Does 2LNR publish ET seat maps by aircraft type?
Not as static diagrams. 2LNR reads the LIVE seat map for a specific ET 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 ET 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 ET cabin diagram was never able to do.
Where does this ET fleet information come from?
From the schedules 2LNR collects continuously and uses to build its own route map: every aircraft listed here is one ET 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 ET 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 Ethiopian Airlines flies?
Of the routes in 2LNR's schedule data, the longest ET operates on its own metal is Atlanta (ATL) to Addis Ababa (ADD), about 7,690 miles great-circle, flown on the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. 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: ET schedules more than one type on many of its routes.
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