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Air India Express Boeing 737 MAX 8 seat map

737 MAX 8 (168 seats: 8 Business / 160 Economy)
168 seats8J/18N/142Y1 aircraft (as of Jul 18, 2026)Last verified Jul 18, 2026
Layout reconstructed from airline-published counts — exact seat geometry is 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
No window at seat 9A — 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 WDWWINGZone: Xpress Prime (premium)XPRESS PRIMEBusinessBusiness · 2-2EconomyEconomy · 3-31234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829ACDFACDFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCFEXIT (door) — Door placement is derived from the exact 737-max8 engineering grid; Air India Express does not publish a configuration-specific monument map.EXITEXIT (door) — Door placement is derived from the exact 737-max8 engineering grid; Air India Express does not publish a configuration-specific monument map.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Door placement is derived from the exact 737-max8 engineering grid; Air India Express does not publish a configuration-specific monument map.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Door placement is derived from the exact 737-max8 engineering grid; Air India Express does not publish a configuration-specific monument map.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Door placement is derived from the exact 737-max8 engineering grid; Air India Express does not publish a configuration-specific monument map.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Door placement is derived from the exact 737-max8 engineering grid; Air India Express does not publish a configuration-specific monument map.EXITEXIT (door) — Door placement is derived from the exact 737-max8 engineering grid; Air India Express does not publish a configuration-specific monument map.EXITEXIT (door) — Door placement is derived from the exact 737-max8 engineering grid; Air India Express does not publish a configuration-specific monument map.EXIT

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Cabins

Business

8 seats · 2-2
Seat
Recliner

Economy

160 seats · 3-3
Seat
Standard seat, Extra-legroom seat
Xpress Prime

Onboard facilities

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

4 door pairs

🚪 EXIT × 4
Provenance

Sources

Every measurement and claim on this page traces back to one of these. Last verified Jul 18, 2026.

  • Air India ExpressPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 18, 2026

    Official fleet page identifies the 737 MAX 8 in the current fleet and publishes a generic capacity card of up to 182 guests.

    The live generic card says up to 182 guests, while the newer 17 July 2026 per-airframe neutral list records active reconfigured Y184 and Y189 aircraft. The fleet card establishes type presence but does not control current per-tail layouts.

    https://www.airindiaexpress.com/about-us ↗
  • Air India ExpressPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 18, 2026

    Official booking FAQ defines Standard as reclining leather seating other than bulkhead/exit positions, and Xpress Prime as paid bulkhead or emergency-exit seating with extra legroom.

    The FAQ defines seat categories but does not publish aircraft-specific row numbers, pitch, width, recline angle, or a seat map; Xpress Prime row anchors in this instance follow the derived structural grid.

    https://www.airindiaexpress.com/support/faqs/booking ↗
  • Planespotters.netINDEPENDENT SOURCERetrieved Jul 18, 2026

    Current list last updated 17 July 2026 identifies 1 737 MAX 8 airframe in configuration C8Y160, with the registrations recorded in this instance.

    The configuration code proves cabin counts, not row numbering, exact seat positions, monuments, dimensions, Xpress Prime row placement, or window alignment. Parked aircraft remain in the source's current fleet and in the configuration count.

    https://www.planespotters.net/fleet/list/Air-India-Express/current?type=boeing-737 ↗
  • Boeing Commercial AirplanesPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 17, 2026

    737 MAX Airplane Characteristics for Airport Planning Rev K publishes standard 737-8 passenger-door and over-wing-exit engineering geometry.

    Manufacturer geometry supports the exact aircraft/window-grid binding and exit types only; it is not an Air India Express cabin map and does not identify IX row numbers.

    https://www.boeing.com/content/dam/boeing/v2/airports/acaps/737MAX_RevK.pdf ↗
  • Air India NewsroomPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 18, 2026

    Air India reported 51 Boeing 737-8 aircraft in service with Air India Express on 28 January 2026 and confirmed continuing 737-8 growth.

    This dated group release corroborates the large 737-8 fleet but does not publish cabin counts or seat positions; the July neutral list records two later line-fit deliveries and current per-tail configurations.

    https://www.airindia.com/in/en/newsroom/press-release/Air-India-adds-30-Boeing-aircraft-to-its-firm-orders.html ↗
  • WikipediaINDEPENDENT SOURCERetrieved Jul 18, 2026

    June 2026 fleet table reports 53 737 MAX 8 aircraft with capacity up to 189; fleet history records white-tail deliveries with Business seats and the first bespoke all-Economy aircraft in December 2025.

    The fleet table provides a capacity range, not the six current configuration splits; the 17 July per-airframe neutral list controls configuration counts.

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

CURRENT CONFIG: the 17 July 2026 current-airframe list records 1 737 MAX 8 aircraft in C8Y160; parked aircraft remain part of the source's current fleet. PUBLISHED COUNTS: The neutral configuration code publishes 8 C seats and 160 Y seats; C is modelled as Business in complete 2-2 rows, a narrowbody structural inference rather than an IX-published cabin drawing. DERIVATION: Air India Express publishes no configuration-specific seat map. Dense display numbering, the cabin boundary, The Economy count resolves to complete 3-3 rows plus a derived 4-seat final row; the displayed partial-row columns are bookkeeping positions and may not match the operational row. Exit rows 13/14, the wing span, and door anchors are reconstructed from conventional 737 MAX 8 geometry and the exact 737-max8 engineering grid; operational row numbers may differ. The airline FAQ defines Xpress Prime as bulkhead/exit seating with extra legroom, so the derived first Economy row and derived exit rows are modelled as one location-priced zone rather than a separate cabin. No seat pitch, width, hardware model, exact recline, galley/lavatory position, or last-row drawback is asserted. WINDOW ALIGNMENT: the exact variant grid is bound; window seats remain unknown and non-window positions use no_window_seat unless the repository classifier can apply a high-confidence structural blank.

What changed

  1. Jul 18, 2026Initial 737 MAX 8 C8Y160 configuration generated from archived airline, manufacturer, and current neutral fleet evidence.