The invention discloses a short-flow preparation method of an aluminum-containing titanium alloy. Common titanium sponge or titanium-based sponge alloy (which is prepared by metallurgy of titanium, aluminum, tin, molybdenum and the like, alloying of titanium, aluminum, tin, zirconium, molybdenum and the like and merging in one technological process) is used as a raw material, and a low-cost and high-quality titanium alloy cast ingot is obtained through one-time smelting and casting by adopting an electron beam or plasma or induction or vacuum self-consuming electric arc smelting technology. The raw material cost is low, a multi-component alloy element preparation process required by a traditional process is omitted, a repeated remelting casting (casting for 2-4 times) process of a titanium alloy ingot is omitted, the process is simplified, the flow is shortened, the casting cost is reduced, and the casting efficiency is improved. As the high-temperature and high-vacuum casting times are reduced by about 70%, the oxidation and volatilization loss of aluminum, tin, manganese and the like is greatly reduced, alloy components are easier to control, and the quality of the cast ingot is greatly improved.