--- title: "Ethiopian Airlines seat maps: the aircraft ET flies" description: "Ethiopian Airlines (ET) flies 8 aircraft types across 166 airports in 2LNR's schedule data, including the Boeing 737 MAX 8 and Boeing 737-800. See where each one flies." canonical: "https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/et" url: "https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/et.md" date_modified: "2026-10-22T14:17:27Z" --- # 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. Updated October 22, 2026. [Get started free](https://2lnr.com/login) [See the ET route map](https://2lnr.com/routes/airlines/et.md) 8 Aircraft types 166 Airports served Per flight How the live map reads Free To get started ## 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 MAX 8](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/et/737-max-8.md) Narrowbody · Filed as 7M8 **Nonstop routes**\ 142 **Airports served**\ 74 **Typical route**\ 1,620 mi Longest route: [Abidjan (ABJ) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/abj-add.md), about 2,940 miles. #### Routes it flies most - [Tel Aviv (TLV) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/tlv-add.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Tel Aviv (TLV)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-tlv.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Entebbe (EBB)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-ebb.md) - [Entebbe (EBB) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/ebb-add.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Accra (ACC)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-acc.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Lagos (LOS)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-los.md) [All 142 routes on the Boeing 737 MAX 8](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/et/737-max-8.md) ### [Boeing 737-800](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/et/737-800.md) Narrowbody · Filed as 738 **Nonstop routes**\ 126 **Airports served**\ 61 **Typical route**\ 900 mi Longest route: [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Enugu (ENU)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-enu.md), about 2,150 miles. #### Routes it flies most - [Kigali (KGL) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/kgl-add.md) - [Kinshasa (FIH) to Lubumbashi (FBM)](https://2lnr.com/routes/fih-fbm.md) - [Entebbe (EBB) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/ebb-add.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Entebbe (EBB)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-ebb.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Hargeisa (HGA)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-hga.md) - [Lubumbashi (FBM) to Kinshasa (FIH)](https://2lnr.com/routes/fbm-fih.md) [All 126 routes on the Boeing 737-800](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/et/737-800.md) ### 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)](https://2lnr.com/routes/iad-add.md), about 7,180 miles. #### Routes it flies most - [Merelani (JRO) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/jro-add.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Merelani (JRO)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-jro.md) - [Zanzibar (ZNZ) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/znz-add.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Zanzibar (ZNZ)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-znz.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Paris (CDG)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-cdg.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Singapore (SIN)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-sin.md) [The other 103 routes on the ET route map](https://2lnr.com/routes/airlines/et.md) ### [Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/et/787-9.md) Widebody · Filed as 789 **Nonstop routes**\ 99 **Airports served**\ 51 **Typical route**\ 2,010 mi Longest route: [Toronto (YYZ) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/yyz-add.md), about 7,150 miles. #### Routes it flies most - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Rome (FCO)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-fco.md) - [Cape Town (CPT) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/cpt-add.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Cape Town (CPT)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-cpt.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Bangkok (BKK)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-bkk.md) - [Bangkok (BKK) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/bkk-add.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Brussels (BRU)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-bru.md) [All 99 routes on the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/et/787-9.md) ### 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)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-atl.md), about 7,690 miles. #### Routes it flies most - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Lome (LFW)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-lfw.md) - [Rome (FCO) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/fco-add.md) - [Lome (LFW) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/lfw-add.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Delhi (DEL)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-del.md) - [Newark (EWR) to Lome (LFW)](https://2lnr.com/routes/ewr-lfw.md) - [Lome (LFW) to Newark (EWR)](https://2lnr.com/routes/lfw-ewr.md) [The other 82 routes on the ET route map](https://2lnr.com/routes/airlines/et.md) ### 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)](https://2lnr.com/routes/ebb-llw.md), about 960 miles. #### Routes it flies most - [Bahir Dar (BJR) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/bjr-add.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Bahir Dar (BJR)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-bjr.md) - [Jijiga (JIJ) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/jij-add.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Mekele (MQX)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-mqx.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Jijiga (JIJ)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-jij.md) - [Dessie (DSE) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/dse-add.md) [The other 77 routes on the ET route map](https://2lnr.com/routes/airlines/et.md) ### [Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/et/787-8.md) Widebody · Filed as 788 **Nonstop routes**\ 69 **Airports served**\ 38 **Typical route**\ 2,140 mi Longest route: [Atlanta (ATL) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/atl-add.md), about 7,690 miles. #### Routes it flies most - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Bamako (BKO)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-bko.md) - [Bamako (BKO) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/bko-add.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Johannesburg (JNB)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-jnb.md) - [Chicago (ORD) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/ord-add.md) - [Bamako (BKO) to Pout (DSS)](https://2lnr.com/routes/bko-dss.md) - [Pout (DSS) to Bamako (BKO)](https://2lnr.com/routes/dss-bko.md) [All 69 routes on the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/et/787-8.md) ### [Boeing 737-700](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/et/737-700.md) Narrowbody · Filed as 73W **Nonstop routes**\ 45 **Airports served**\ 26 **Typical route**\ 960 mi Longest route: [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Antananarivo (TNR)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-tnr.md), about 2,010 miles. #### Routes it flies most - [Juba (JUB) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/jub-add.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Kigali (KGL)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-kgl.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Juba (JUB)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-jub.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Harare (HRE)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-hre.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Garowe (GGR)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-ggr.md) - [Hargeisa (HGA) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/hga-add.md) [All 45 routes on the Boeing 737-700](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/et/737-700.md) ### [Boeing 777-200LR](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/et/777-200lr.md) Widebody · Filed as 77L **Nonstop routes**\ 44 **Airports served**\ 27 **Typical route**\ 1,620 mi Longest route: [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Sao Paulo (GRU)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-gru.md), about 6,170 miles. #### Routes it flies most - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Sao Paulo (GRU)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-gru.md) - [Sao Paulo (GRU) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/gru-add.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Dubai (DXB)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-dxb.md) - [Buenos Aires (EZE) to Sao Paulo (GRU)](https://2lnr.com/routes/eze-gru.md) - [Mumbai (BOM) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/bom-add.md) - [Sao Paulo (GRU) to Buenos Aires (EZE)](https://2lnr.com/routes/gru-eze.md) [All 44 routes on the Boeing 777-200LR](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/et/777-200lr.md) ### [Boeing 777-300ER](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/et/777-300er.md) Widebody · Filed as 77W **Nonstop routes**\ 29 **Airports served**\ 19 **Typical route**\ 1,820 mi Longest route: [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Guangzhou (CAN)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-can.md), about 4,990 miles. #### Routes it flies most - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Dubai (DXB)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-dxb.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Guangzhou (CAN)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-can.md) - [Guangzhou (CAN) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/can-add.md) - [Dubai (DXB) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/dxb-add.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Mumbai (BOM)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-bom.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Nairobi (NBO)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-nbo.md) [All 29 routes on the Boeing 777-300ER](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/et/777-300er.md) ### ATR turboprop Turboprop · Filed as ATR **Nonstop routes**\ 26 **Airports served**\ 12 **Typical route**\ 510 mi Longest route: [Beni (BNC) to Kinshasa (FIH)](https://2lnr.com/routes/bnc-fih.md), about 1,030 miles. #### Routes it flies most - [Lubumbashi (FBM) to Kolwezi (KWZ)](https://2lnr.com/routes/fbm-kwz.md) - [Lubumbashi (FBM) to Kalemie (FMI)](https://2lnr.com/routes/fbm-fmi.md) - [Beni (BNC) to Kinshasa (FIH)](https://2lnr.com/routes/bnc-fih.md) - [Kananga (KGA) to Lubumbashi (FBM)](https://2lnr.com/routes/kga-fbm.md) - [Kolwezi (KWZ) to Lubumbashi (FBM)](https://2lnr.com/routes/kwz-fbm.md) - [Kinshasa (FIH) to Beni (BNC)](https://2lnr.com/routes/fih-bnc.md) [The other 20 routes on the ET route map](https://2lnr.com/routes/airlines/et.md) ### 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)](https://2lnr.com/routes/iad-add.md), about 7,180 miles. #### Routes it flies most - [Lagos (LOS) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/los-add.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Lagos (LOS)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-los.md) - [London (LHR) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/lhr-add.md) - [Washington (IAD) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/iad-add.md) - [Accra (ACC) to Addis Ababa (ADD)](https://2lnr.com/routes/acc-add.md) - [Addis Ababa (ADD) to Accra (ACC)](https://2lnr.com/routes/add-acc.md) [The other 15 routes on the ET route map](https://2lnr.com/routes/airlines/et.md) ### Boeing 737 Narrowbody · Filed as 737 **Nonstop routes**\ 17 **Airports served**\ 8 **Typical route**\ 670 mi Longest route: [Lilongwe (LLW) to Entebbe (EBB)](https://2lnr.com/routes/llw-ebb.md), about 960 miles. #### Routes it flies most - [Dar es Salaam (DAR) to Blantyre (BLZ)](https://2lnr.com/routes/dar-blz.md) - [Johannesburg (JNB) to Lilongwe (LLW)](https://2lnr.com/routes/jnb-llw.md) - [Lilongwe (LLW) to Blantyre (BLZ)](https://2lnr.com/routes/llw-blz.md) - [Blantyre (BLZ) to Lilongwe (LLW)](https://2lnr.com/routes/blz-llw.md) - [Lusaka (LUN) to Harare (HRE)](https://2lnr.com/routes/lun-hre.md) - [Harare (HRE) to Lusaka (LUN)](https://2lnr.com/routes/hre-lun.md) [The other 11 routes on the ET route map](https://2lnr.com/routes/airlines/et.md) 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](https://2lnr.com/lp/seat-monitoring.md). ### 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](https://www.aerolopa.com/) is the right tool. ## More on Ethiopian Airlines - [Where ET flies: the Ethiopian Airlines route map](https://2lnr.com/routes/airlines/et.md) - [Seat maps by airline and aircraft](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps.md) - [How to read an airline seat map](https://2lnr.com/guides/airline-seat-maps.md) - [What replaced SeatGuru](https://2lnr.com/compare/seatguru.md) ## 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. ## See the seats on your ET flight Free to start. Pro adds the live per-flight seat map and seat monitoring. [Get started free](https://2lnr.com/login) [See pricing](https://2lnr.com/pricing.md)