Airbus A321 (321)
Single-aisle Airbus narrowbody. 4,556 routes across 159 airlines. One of the most-operated narrowbodies in the world. 3-3 seating, no lie-flat. Fine for flights under 4 hours.
China Eastern Airlines operates the most routes with 297. American Airlines and Sichuan Airlines follow. 1,732 individual aircraft tracked across all operators.
Flying the Airbus A321
3-3 seating but the cabin is 7 inches wider than the 737. That extra width goes into the seats and aisle. On flights over 3 hours, you feel the difference.
The Airbus A321 cabin changes by operator. These configurations are ordered by the minimum standard-economy pitch currently recorded in the seat-map library. Pitch is the space between your seat and the one in front; a missing number means the measurement is unavailable.
| Airline and cabin | Economy pitch | |
|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines First · Main Cabin Extra · Main Cabin · Flagship® First · Flagship® Business | 30-31in | seat map → |
| F9 Frontier Economy | seat map → |
Airbus A321 FAQ
The Airbus A321 (IATA code 321) is a Narrowbody aircraft operated by 159 airlines on 4,556 routes.
Depends whose Airbus A321 you board. American Airlines fits 102 to 190 seats, Frontier 230. Each airline picks its own layout.
159 airlines. China Eastern Airlines operates the most routes.
Standard narrowbody cabin. Fine for flights under 4 hours.