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Air Canada Boeing 737 MAX 8 seat map — 177 seats

737 MAX 8 (177 seats: 12 Business / 165 Economy) – Air Canada Rouge
177 seats12J/165YLast verified Jul 14, 2026
Layout reconstructed from airline-published counts — exact seat geometry is approximate.
This is the new cabin replacing 737 MAX 8 (169 seats: 16 Business / 153 Economy) ←

Seat map

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Rating
GreatGoodStandardBe awareAvoid
Seat shape
SuiteLie-flatReclinerStandard
Flags & windows
Has a noteWindow mismatch flaggedNo window (structural blank)
Provenance
PUBLISHED MAPDERIVED LAYOUTMIXED SOURCES
No window at seat 12A — Boeing routes the air-conditioning riser ducts up the left sidewall from the belly A/C packs to the ceiling distribution ducts, forward of the wing. The duct behind the sidewall panel displaces one left-side cabin window. Per Alaska fleet engineering this is standard on all 737 aircraft. (structural blank, confidence medium)NO WDWBusiness ClassBusiness · 2-2EconomyEconomy · 3-3GALLEY (full_width) — Forward galley / class divider between Business Class and the Economy cabin. · position derived🍽 GALLEYLAVATORY (right) — Forward lavatory behind Business Class. · position derived🚻 LAVATORYBASSINET (center) — Bassinet mounts at the Economy bulkhead. · position derived🍼 BASSINETLAVATORY (both_sides) — Rear lavatories behind the last row. · position derived🚻 LAVATORYLAVATORY (both_sides) — Rear lavatories behind the last row. · position derived🚻 LAVATORY12310111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637ACDFACDFACDFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCEXIT — Forward entry/service doors (Door 1).EXITEXIT — Forward entry/service doors (Door 1).EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Forward overwing emergency exit.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Forward overwing emergency exit.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Aft overwing emergency exit.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Aft overwing emergency exit.EXITGALLEY — Rear galley/lavatory complex occupying the right side of the last row and the aft cabin.GALLEYEXIT — Aft entry/service doors (Door 2).EXITEXIT — Aft entry/service doors (Door 2).EXIT

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At a glance
177 seats
Rating mix
24Good138Standard15Be aware
Best seats
  • — Air Canada Business Class: a wider 2-2 recliner with extra legroom, greater recline and priority service.
Seats to avoid
  • — Row directly ahead of the exit row: the seat back has limited recline to keep the exit path clear.
Worth knowing
  • Exit rows: 16 and 17
  • Bassinet rows: 10
  • 18 extra-legroom seats
  • 10 seats without under-seat storage

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Best & worst seats

Our rating engine's picks for this cabin layout — see any seat's full reasoning in the map above.

Worth knowing

  • 15A, 15B, 15C, 15D, 15E, 15F — Row directly ahead of the exit row: the seat back has limited recline to keep the exit path clear.

Seat guide

Cabin-by-cabin guidance generated from the verified layout records behind this map — which seats the ratings favor, which to think twice about, and the rows worth knowing about before you pick.

Business Class

2-2Rows 1–312 seats

Best seats

  • 1A, 1C, 1D, 1F, 2A, 2C, 2D, 2F, 3A, 3C, 3D, 3F — Air Canada Business Class: a wider 2-2 recliner with extra legroom, greater recline and priority service.
Worth knowing
  • 4 seats without under-seat storage

Economy

3-3Rows 10–37165 seats

Best seats

  • 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, 10E, 10F — Economy bulkhead: extra legroom (an Air Canada Preferred seat), but no under-seat storage — bags go overhead for takeoff and landing.
  • 17A, 17B, 17C, 17D, 17E, 17F — Exit-row seat with extra legroom and full recline — among the roomiest Economy seats (an Air Canada Preferred seat).

Seats to avoid

  • 15A, 15B, 15C, 15D, 15E, 15F — Row directly ahead of the exit row: the seat back has limited recline to keep the exit path clear.
  • 16A, 16B, 16C, 16D, 16E, 16F — Exit row: extra legroom (an Air Canada Preferred seat), but occupants must be willing and able to help in an evacuation (no infants).
Worth knowing
  • Exit rows: 16 and 17
  • Bassinet rows: 10
  • Rows next to a galley: 37
  • Rows next to a lavatory: 37
  • 18 extra-legroom seats
  • 6 seats without under-seat storage

Frequently asked questions

How many seats does the Air Canada Boeing 737 MAX 8 have?
This configuration has 177 seats: 12 Business Class, 165 Economy.
What are the best seats on the Air Canada Boeing 737 MAX 8?
Top-rated in our data: 1A, 1C, 1D, 1F, 2A, 2C, 2D, 2F — Air Canada Business Class: a wider 2-2 recliner with extra legroom, greater recline and priority service.
Which seats should I avoid?
Flagged in our data: 15A, 15B, 15C, 15D, 15E, 15F — Row directly ahead of the exit row: the seat back has limited recline to keep the exit path clear; 16A, 16B — Exit row: extra legroom (an Air Canada Preferred seat), but occupants must be willing and able to help in an evacuation (no infants).
Which rows are the exit rows?
Rows 16 and 17 are exit rows.
Which rows have bassinet positions?
Bassinet positions serve row 10.
Does the Air Canada Boeing 737 MAX 8 have lie-flat seats?
No — this configuration has no lie-flat seats.

Cabins

Business Class

12 seats · 2-2
Pitch
37"estimated
Width
21"estimated
Seat
Recliner
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A

Air Canada does not publish 737 MAX 8 Business Class pitch/width/recline; ~37 in pitch is an estimate pending a citable Air Canada figure.

Economy

165 seats · 3-3
Pitch
31"estimated
Width
17"estimated
Seat
Standard seat
Power
USB-A

Air Canada does not publish 737 MAX 8 Economy pitch/width; ~30-31 in pitch is typical for the type — unsourced.

Onboard facilities

Drawn on the interactive map above — hover a monument to confirm its position.

2 lavatories · 2 galleys · 4 door pairs

🚪 EXIT × 4🍽 GALLEY × 2🚻 WC × 2🍼 BASSINET × 1

Amenities

Wi-Fi
Available
Bell · free for members · Complimentary Fast, Free Wi-Fi sponsored by Bell (streaming quality), free for Aeroplan Members, on the reconfigured Air Canada Rouge 737 MAX 8.
Entertainment
Seatback screens
Personal seatback entertainment at every seat (Air Canada press release and cabin-features page).
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A
USB-A charging at every seat; AC power at every Business Class seat and at select Economy seats (per Air Canada’s in-flight entertainment & connectivity page). Exact per-seat coverage is not published.
Food & drink
Complimentary wine and beer (including non-alcoholic beer) and Canadian-made premium snacks on all North American and Caribbean flights.

Seat map image

A printable snapshot of this exact layout — save it for boarding-day reference. The interactive map above stays the source of truth.

Air Canada Boeing 737 MAX 8 seat map diagram — Business Class, Economy (177 seats)

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Provenance

Sources

Every measurement and claim on this page traces back to one of these. Last verified Jul 14, 2026.

How this map was built

Air Canada ROUGE Boeing 737 MAX 8, the reconfigured leisure layout that entered service on 2026-03-05: 12 Business / 165 Economy = 177. Air Canada’s press release publishes the cabin as “12 Business Class seats, 18 Preferred seats offering extra space, and 147 Standard Economy seats” (12 + 18 + 147 = 177). Following the Air Canada house convention (ac-789-298), the 18 Preferred seats are NOT modelled as a separate cabin/zone because Air Canada does not publish which rows they occupy; instead the structurally roomier rows — the Economy bulkhead (6) and the two overwing exit rows (12) = 18 — carry an extra_legroom flag and are noted as the Preferred seats, so the whole 165-seat Economy cabin resolves to the Y tier in cabinSummary. RETROFIT: this config is created by reconfiguring the 45 mainline 737 MAX 8s (config ac-7m8-169, 16 Business / 153 Economy) and transferring them to Air Canada Rouge through the end of 2026 (replaces ac-7m8-169). The ROW GRID IS DERIVED: aircanada.com seat maps are JavaScript-rendered and competitor seat-map sites are prohibited. DERIVATIONS: Business 2-2 rows 1-3 (columns A/C/D/F) = 12; forward galley/lavatory divider after row 3. Economy 3-3 rows 10-37: rows 10-36 full (27×6 = 162) + row 37 reduced to 3 (right triple D/E/F displaced by the rear galley/lavatory) = 165. Row 10 is the Economy bulkhead (Preferred, extra legroom + bassinet); overwing exit rows 16 (forward, non-reclining) and 17 (aft, full recline) are Preferred; row 15 sits directly ahead of the forward exit (limited recline); wing band rows 14-21. Overwing exit stations come from data/window-grids/737-max8.json (Boeing MAX ACAP); actual row numbers and monument positions may differ from the physical aircraft. All pitch/width/recline are unpublished and flagged unsourced; windowAlignment is left ‘unknown’ for window seats because a derived grid cannot prove window-to-seat alignment. NOTE: these Rouge flights are operated by Air Canada Rouge (a subsidiary) but sold and branded as Air Canada and inventoried under the Air Canada carrier code, so the instance uses airline AC per the existing corpus convention (e.g. the legacy Air Canada A319/A321/767 Rouge seat maps).

What changed

  1. Jul 14, 2026Initial Air Canada 737 MAX 8 config 12J/165Y (177 seats); per-cabin totals published, row grid derived.