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Air China Boeing 787-9 seat map

Boeing 787-9 (293 seats: 30 Business / 34 Premium Economy / 229 Economy)
293 seats30J/34W/229Y14 aircraft (as of Jul 14, 2026)Last verified Jul 14, 2026
Parts of this layout are reconstructed from airline-published seat counts — some seat positions are approximate.

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
Business ClassBusiness · 2-2-2Premium Economy ClassPremium Economy · 3-3-3Economy ClassEconomy · 3-3-3LAVATORY (left) — Forward lavatory.LAVATORYCLOSET (both_sides) — Forward closets.CLOSETGALLEY (full_width) — Forward galley ahead of Business.🍽 GALLEYCLOSET (both_sides) — Forward closets.🧥 CLOSETGALLEY (both_sides) — Galleys at Door 2 ahead of Premium Economy.GALLEYLAVATORY (both_sides) — Lavatories at Door 2.LAVATORYGALLEY (both_sides) — Galleys at Door 2 ahead of Premium Economy.GALLEYLAVATORY (both_sides) — Lavatories at Door 2.LAVATORYCLOSET (both_sides) — Closets/dividers between Premium Economy and Economy.🧥 CLOSETCLOSET (both_sides) — Closets/dividers between Premium Economy and Economy.🧥 CLOSETLAVATORY (both_sides) — Mid-cabin lavatories after the over-wing economy block.🚻 LAVATORYGALLEY (center) — Mid-cabin galley bay before Door 3.🍽 GALLEYLAVATORY (both_sides) — Mid-cabin lavatories after the over-wing economy block.🚻 LAVATORYLAVATORY (both_sides) — Aft lavatories.🚻 LAVATORYGALLEY (full_width) — Aft galleys in the tail cone.🍽 GALLEYLAVATORY (both_sides) — Aft lavatories.🚻 LAVATORY1112131415313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960ACDHJLACDHJLACDHJLACDHJLACDHJLACDEHJLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLACDEHJLEXIT (door) — Door 1 (forward).EXITEXIT (door) — Door 1 (forward).EXITEXIT (door) — Door 2 (Premium Economy bulkhead).EXITEXIT (door) — Door 2 (Premium Economy bulkhead).EXITEXIT (door) — Door 3 (behind the wing).EXITEXIT (door) — Door 3 (behind the wing).EXITGALLEY — Centreline galley occupying the D/E/H positions of row 47.GALLEYEXIT (door) — Door 4 (aft).EXITEXIT (door) — Door 4 (aft).EXIT

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At a glance
293 seats
Rating mix
42Good225Standard26Be aware
Best seats
  • — Fully flat bed with direct aisle access.
Seats to avoid
  • — Window seat in this 2-2-2 business cabin — no direct aisle access, so you must step over your neighbour to reach the aisle.
Worth knowing
  • 13 extra-legroom seats
  • 22 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

  • 11A, 11L, 12A, 12L, 13A, 13L — Window seat in this 2-2-2 business cabin — no direct aisle access, so you must step over your neighbour to reach the aisle.

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

2-2-2Rows 11–1530 seats

Best seats

  • 11C, 11D, 11H, 11J, 12C, 12D, 12H, 12J, 13C, 13D, 13H, 13J — Fully flat bed with direct aisle access.

Seats to avoid

  • 11A, 11L, 12A, 12L, 13A, 13L, 14A, 14L, 15A, 15L — Window seat in this 2-2-2 business cabin — no direct aisle access, so you must step over your neighbour to reach the aisle.
Worth knowing
  • 6 seats without under-seat storage

Premium Economy Class

3-3-3Rows 31–3434 seats

Best seats

  • 31A, 31C, 31D, 31E, 31H, 31J, 31L — Extra legroom at the Premium Economy bulkhead, immediately behind the forward exit.
Worth knowing
  • 7 extra-legroom seats
  • 7 seats without under-seat storage

Economy Class

3-3-3Rows 35–60229 seats

Best seats

  • 35A, 35B, 35C, 35D, 35E, 35H, 35J, 35K, 35L — Bulkhead row — extra legroom ahead, but no under-seat storage for take-off and landing.
  • 47A, 47B, 47C — Extra legroom directly behind the mid-cabin exit.

Seats to avoid

  • 46A, 46B, 46C, 46D, 46E, 46H, 46J, 46K, 46L — Just ahead of the mid-cabin exit and the galley/lavatory bay — recline is limited and there is some noise and foot traffic.
  • 60A, 60C, 60D — Last row — the seatback has limited recline and the rear galley and lavatories are directly behind.
Worth knowing
  • Rows next to a galley: 46 and 47
  • Rows next to a lavatory: 60
  • 6 extra-legroom seats
  • 9 seats without under-seat storage

Frequently asked questions

How many seats does the Air China Boeing 787-9 have?
This configuration has 293 seats: 30 Business Class, 34 Premium Economy Class, 229 Economy Class.
What are the best seats on the Air China Boeing 787-9?
Top-rated in our data: 11C, 11D, 11H, 11J, 12C, 12D, 12H, 12J — Fully flat bed with direct aisle access.
Which seats should I avoid?
Flagged in our data: 11A, 11L, 12A, 12L, 13A, 13L, 14A, 14L — Window seat in this 2-2-2 business cabin — no direct aisle access, so you must step over your neighbour to reach the aisle.
Does the Air China Boeing 787-9 have lie-flat seats?
Yes — Business Class has 30 seats that convert to a fully flat bed.

Cabins

Business Class

30 seats · 2-2-2 · lie-flat
Pitch
79"published
Width
21"published
Seat
Lie-flat bed
Screen
15"
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A

Wikipedia (Air China) lists a 6'4" (76 in) lie-flat bed, 21 in seat width and ~79 in row pitch for the Boeing 787 Capital Pavilion business seat; the Wikipedia sentence carrying these figures is tagged 'citation needed'.

Premium Economy Class

34 seats · 3-3-3
Pitch
37"published
Width
17.6"published
Seat
Recliner
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A

Wikipedia (Air China) lists a 36-38 in seat pitch and 17.1-18 in width for the Boeing 787-9 Premium Economy; recline is not published.

Economy Class

229 seats · 3-3-3
Pitch
31"published
Width
17.5"published
Seat
Standard seat
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A

Wikipedia (Air China) lists a 31 in seat pitch and 17-18 in width for the Boeing 787-9 Economy.

Onboard facilities

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

4 lavatories · 5 galleys · 4 door pairs

🚪 EXIT × 4🍽 GALLEY × 5🚻 WC × 4🧥 CLOSET × 2

Amenities

Entertainment
Seatback screens
AVOD seat-back in-flight entertainment in all cabins (Wikipedia Air China); Business has a 15-16 inch touchscreen. Screen sizes in Premium Economy and Economy are not published.
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A
Universal AC power and a USB-A port are confirmed in Business (Wikipedia Air China). In-seat power in Premium Economy and Economy is not separately confirmed by a primary source.

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 China Boeing 787-9 seat map diagram — Business Class, Premium Economy Class, Economy Class (293 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.

  • Air ChinaPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026

    Official Boeing 787 aircraft page: Business 30 / Premium Economy 34 / Economy 229 = 293 seats, with a published 787-9 cabin seat-map diagram (rows, columns, exits, galleys, lavatories, closets, wing).

    https://www.airchina.us/US/GB/info/aircraft-introduction/boeing787.html ↗
  • Air ChinaPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026

    Official Air China 787-9 seat-map diagram: Business rows 11-15 (2-2-2, 30), Premium Economy rows 31-34 (3-3-3, 34), Economy rows 35-61 (3-3-3, 229), with exit doors, galleys, lavatories, closets and wing position.

    Stylised schematic (not a to-scale LOPA). Its Economy seat glyphs sum to ~232, three more than the same page's stated 229; the grid is reconciled to the stated 229 per AUTHORING 5b (numeric over image), omitting the diagram's trailing row-61 centre triple. Seat dimensions and window mullions are not shown.

    https://www.airchina.us/go/2026.7-11/images/infoservice/aircrafttype/787-9/B787-9EN.jpg ↗
  • WikipediaINDEPENDENT SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026

    Air China fleet table: 14 Boeing 787-9 in a 30 Business / 34 Premium Economy / 229 Economy = 293 configuration.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_China_fleet ↗
  • WikipediaINDEPENDENT SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026

    Air China cabin products: Boeing 787 'Capital Pavilion' business is a 2-2-2 Collins Parallel Diamond lie-flat (6'4" bed, 21 in width, ~79 in pitch, 15-16 in screen, AC + USB-A); 787-9 Premium Economy pitch 36-38 in / width 17.1-18 in; Economy 3-3-3 pitch 31 in / width 17-18 in with AVOD.

    Dimensions are neutral (Wikipedia), not airline-published; the specific Business seat-dimension sentence is tagged 'citation needed' on Wikipedia. Premium Economy/Economy pitch and width cited to Air China ref [55].

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_China ↗
How this map was built

Single three-class configuration flown by all 14 Air China Boeing 787-9s. PER-CABIN SEAT COUNTS ARE PRIMARY/PUBLISHED: Air China's own aircraft page (airchina.us Boeing 787 introduction) states 30 Business / 34 Premium Economy / 229 Economy = 293, and the neutral Wikipedia Air China fleet table corroborates 14x 787-9 in the same 30/34/229=293 layout. THE ROW GRID, CABIN BOUNDARIES, PARTIAL ROWS, DOORS, GALLEYS, LAVATORIES AND CLOSETS ARE READ FROM AIR CHINA'S OFFICIAL PUBLISHED 787-9 SEAT-MAP DIAGRAM (airchina.us B787-9EN.jpg): Business rows 11-15 in 2-2-2 (A C / D H / J L = 6-abreast, 5x6=30); Premium Economy rows 31-34 in 3-3-3 (A B C / D E H / J K L) with a partial bulkhead row 31 behind Door 2 (seats A,C,D,E,H,J,L = 7; B and K absent) plus full rows 32-34 (27) = 34; Economy in 3-3-3 sharing the same nine-abreast lettering. COUNT-VS-DIAGRAM RECONCILIATION (AUTHORING 5b): the published diagram's Economy seat glyphs sum to ~232 (full 3-3-3 rows 35-46 over the wing = 108; a centre-galley gap removing D E H at row 47 leaving A B C + J K L = 6; full rows 48-59 = 108; a tapered row 60 with A C / D E H / J L = 7; and a lone trailing centre triple D E H drawn at row 61 = 3). This exceeds the SAME page's explicitly stated 229 Economy / 293 total by exactly one 3-seat triple. Per numeric-over-image reconciliation the grid follows the airline's stated 229: Economy is modelled as rows 35-60 (35-46 full, row 47 centre-galley, 48-59 full, row 60 taper) = 229, and the diagram's trailing row-61 centre triple is treated as stylised over-draw and omitted. The Economy cabin therefore carries derived:true and layoutProvenance is 'mixed'; Business (30) and Premium Economy (34) reconcile exactly with the diagram and are not derived. DOORS: Door 1 before row 11, Door 2 before row 31 (Premium Economy bulkhead), Door 3 before row 47 (behind the wing, with a mid-cabin lavatory/galley bay after row 46 and a centreline galley at row 47), Door 4 aft after row 60. Wing spans roughly rows 31-46 (Economy rows 35-46 marked over_wing). DIMENSIONS ARE NEUTRAL-SOURCED (Wikipedia Air China), not airline-published: Business is the 'Capital Pavilion' Collins Parallel Diamond lie-flat (2-2-2), 6'4" (76 in) bed, 21 in width, ~79 in row pitch, 15-16 in touchscreen, Universal AC + USB-A (this specific Wikipedia sentence is tagged 'citation needed'); Premium Economy pitch 36-38 in / width 17.1-18 in; Economy pitch 31 in / width 17-18 in, AVOD seat-back IFE. windowAlignment is left 'unknown' for window seats (the diagram shows seat positions but not window mullions, and no 787 window grid exists, so windowGridType is omitted).

What changed

  1. Jul 14, 2026Initial Air China 787-9 three-class config (30J/34W/229Y=293) from the official Air China published seat-map diagram + fleet page; product dimensions from Wikipedia (neutral). Economy grid reconciled to the airline-stated 229 (diagram glyphs ~232).