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Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9 seat map — 272 seats

787-9 V4 retrofit (272 seats: 4 Business Premier Luxe / 22 Business Premier / 33 Premium Economy / 213 Economy)
272 seats26J/33W/30N/183YLast verified Jul 17, 2026
This is the new cabin replacing 787-9 legacy (302 seats: 18 Business Premier / 21 Premium Economy / 263 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
Zone: Business Premier LuxeBusiness Premier LuxeBUSINESS PREMIER LUXEZone: Economy StretchEconomy StretchECONOMY STRETCHZone: Economy SkycouchZone: Economy SkycouchEconomy SkycouchECONOMY SKYCOUCHBusiness PremierBusiness PremierBusiness · 1-2-1Premium EconomyPremium EconomyPremium Economy · 2-3-2EconomyEconomyEconomy · 3-3-3LAVATORY (left) — Forward lavatory shown on the published map.🚻 LAVATORYGALLEY (center) — Forward service area shown on the published map.🍽 GALLEYLAVATORY (left) — Left lavatory icon after the last Business row. Diagram anchor only; no measured proximity or certified exit classification is asserted. · position derived🚻 LAVATORYLAVATORY (right) — Right lavatory icon just ahead of Premium Economy. Diagram anchor only; no measured proximity or certified exit classification is asserted. · position derived🚻 LAVATORYLAVATORY (center) — Left of two center lavatory icons before row 45. Diagram anchor only; no measured proximity or certified exit classification is asserted. · position derivedLAVATO…LAVATORY (center) — Right of two center lavatory icons before row 45. Diagram anchor only; no measured proximity or certified exit classification is asserted. · position derivedLAVATO…GALLEY (full_width) — Rear service area shown on the published map.🍽 GALLEY12345672324252627343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960ABJKABJKABJKABJKABJKABJKAKABDEFABDEFJKABDEFJKABDEFJKABDEFJKABCDEFHJKABCDEFHJKABCDEFHJKABCDEFHJKABCDEFHJKABCDEFHJKABCDEFHJKABCDEFHJKABCDEFHJKHJKHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCDEFHJKABCDEFHJKABCDEFHJKABCDEFHJKABCDEFHJKABCDEFHJKABCDEFHJKABCDEFHJKABCDEFHJKABCDEFHJKABCDEFHJKABCDEFHJKDEFDEFEXIT — Forward passenger-door pair.EXIT — Forward passenger-door pair.EXITEXIT — Forward passenger-door pair.EXIT — Forward passenger-door pair.EXITEXIT — Door pair beside the published exit-row seating.EXIT — Door pair beside the published exit-row seating.EXITEXIT — Door pair beside the published exit-row seating.EXIT — Door pair beside the published exit-row seating.EXITLAVATORY — Rear-left lavatory. Beside the final center row is a schematic background/DOM anchor only; no physical measured adjacency is asserted.LAVATORY — Rear-left lavatory. Beside the final center row is a schematic background/DOM anchor only; no physical measured adjacency is asserted.L…LAVATORY — Rear-right lavatory. Beside the final center row is a schematic background/DOM anchor only; no physical measured adjacency is asserted.LAVATORY — Rear-right lavatory. Beside the final center row is a schematic background/DOM anchor only; no physical measured adjacency is asserted.L…EXIT — Rear passenger-door pair.EXIT — Rear passenger-door pair.EXITEXIT — Rear passenger-door pair.EXIT — Rear passenger-door pair.EXITLAVATORY — Right lavatory icon beside the first Business suite and ahead of remaining Business rows. Diagram anchor only; no measured proximity or certified exit classification is asserted.LAVATORY — Right lavatory icon beside the first Business suite and ahead of remaining Business rows. Diagram anchor only; no measured proximity or certified exit classification is asserted.L…LAVATORY — Native left lavatory lies beyond left-row42 alongside the partial right-side43/44 region and ahead ofleft45. Anchor at43 represents that source region only, not measured proximity. No exact bassinet host seat, engineering dimensions, measured proximity or exit certification is inferred.LAVATORY — Native left lavatory lies beyond left-row42 alongside the partial right-side43/44 region and ahead ofleft45. Anchor at43 represents that source region only, not measured proximity. No exact bassinet host seat, engineering dimensions, measured proximity or exit certification is inferred.L…EXIT — Door pair in the gap before Premium Economy. Diagram anchor only; no measured proximity or certified exit classification is asserted.EXIT — Door pair in the gap before Premium Economy. Diagram anchor only; no measured proximity or certified exit classification is asserted.EXITEXIT — Door pair in the gap before Premium Economy. Diagram anchor only; no measured proximity or certified exit classification is asserted.EXIT — Door pair in the gap before Premium Economy. Diagram anchor only; no measured proximity or certified exit classification is asserted.EXIT

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At a glance
272 seats
Rating mix
30Good239Standard3Be aware
Best seats
  • — Economy Stretch product seat; configuration table publishes35in for the block versus31–33in Economy. This seat popover does not publish a numerical pitch.
Seats to avoid
  • — Last-row seat immediately ahead of the rear service area — light, noise and foot traffic are possible.
Worth knowing
  • Exit rows: 45
  • Bassinet rows: 23, 24, 34, and 47
  • 30 extra-legroom seats

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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

  • 60D, 60E, 60F — Last-row seat immediately ahead of the rear service area — light, noise and foot traffic are possible.

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 Premier

1-2-1Rows 1–726 seats

Ratings are even across this cabin — no standout or problem seats in our records.

Premium Economy

2-3-2Rows 23–2733 seats
Worth knowing
  • Bassinet rows: 23 and 24

Economy

3-3-3Rows 34–60213 seats

Best seats

  • 34A, 34B, 34C, 34D, 34E, 34F, 34H, 34J, 34K — Economy Stretch product seat; configuration table publishes35in for the block versus31–33in Economy. This seat popover does not publish a numerical pitch.
  • 35A, 35B, 35C — Economy Stretch seat with88cm (35in rounded) pitch in its assigned popover; configuration table publishes31–33in for standard Economy.

Seats to avoid

  • 60D, 60E, 60F — Last-row seat immediately ahead of the rear service area — light, noise and foot traffic are possible.
Worth knowing
  • Exit rows: 45
  • Bassinet rows: 34 and 47
  • Rows next to a galley: 60
  • 30 extra-legroom seats

Frequently asked questions

How many seats does the Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9 have?
This configuration has 272 seats: 26 Business Premier, 33 Premium Economy, 213 Economy.
What are the best seats on the Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9?
Top-rated in our data: 34A, 34B, 34C, 34D, 34E, 34F, 34H, 34J — Economy Stretch product seat; configuration table publishes35in for the block versus31–33in Economy. This seat popover does not publish a numerical pitch.
Which seats should I avoid?
Flagged in our data: 60D, 60E, 60F — Last-row seat immediately ahead of the rear service area — light, noise and foot traffic are possible.
Which rows are the exit rows?
Row 45 is an exit row.
Which rows have bassinet positions?
Bassinet positions serve rows 23, 24, 34, and 47.
Does the Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9 have lie-flat seats?
Yes — Business Premier has 26 seats that convert to a fully flat bed.

Cabins

Business Premier

26 seats · 1-2-1 (reverse herringbone) · lie-flat
Seat
Lie-flat bed, Enclosed suite
Screen
24"
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A · USB-C · Wireless charging

2 m (80 in) lie-flat bed published.

Business Premier Luxe

In this cabin: Power: AC power outlet, USB-A, USB-C, Wireless charging · Entertainment: seatback

Premium Economy

33 seats · 2-3-2
Pitch
41.5"published
Width
18.9"published
Seat
Recliner
Screen
15.3"
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A · USB-C

Configuration table publishes 41–42 in (104–106 cm) pitch; explicit ordinary popovers state 104 cm. 48 cm width and 20 cm recline converted to 18.9 in and 7.9 in.

In this cabin: Power: AC power outlet, USB-A, USB-C · Entertainment: seatback

Economy

213 seats · 3-3-3
Pitch
32–35"published
Seat
Standard seat, Extra-legroom seat
Screen
13.3"
Power
USB-A · USB-C

Configuration table publishes 31–33 in (78–83 cm) Economy pitch; individual explicit ordinary popovers state 78 cm. 10 cm recline converted to 3.9 in.

Economy StretchEconomy Skycouch

Onboard facilities

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

9 lavatories · 2 galleys · 4 door pairs

🍽 GALLEY × 2🚻 WC × 9🚪 EXIT × 4

Amenities

Entertainment
Seatback screens
4K seatback IFE with Bluetooth: 24-inch Business, 15.3-inch Premium Economy and 13.3-inch Economy screens.
Power
USB-A · USB-C
USB-A and USB-C are published throughout this configuration. AC charging is confined to Business and Premium Economy; wireless charging is confined to Business. Cabin overrides identify those additional options.

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 New Zealand Boeing 787-9 seat map diagram — Business Premier, Premium Economy, Economy (272 seats)

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Provenance

Sources

Every measurement and claim on this page traces back to one of these. Last verified Jul 17, 2026.

How this map was built

This is the only retrofit LOPA for Air New Zealand’s 14 existing 787-9s: the official programme notice says every aircraft is reconfigured to 272 seats, comprising 4 Business Premier Luxe + 22 Business Premier + 33 Premium Economy + 213 Economy. The V4 map is transcribed seat-for-seat. Thirty Economy Stretch seats in rows 34-36 and 37ABC resolve to N; the remaining 183 seats resolve to Y. Air New Zealand describes 13 Economy Skycouch blocks (three-seat blocks, not 13 seats), matching the 39 annotated seats here. Skycouch remains a note/zone on ordinary Economy seats. The current subfleet count is not published, so none is asserted. The airline’s July 2026 update confirms the existing 14-aircraft retrofit is still underway, while the two new-delivery 787-9s (whose exact V3/V5 configuration binding is not established by the staged source) are due only by year-end. Skynest is therefore not modeled in this currently flying retrofit. No 787 window grid is bound; all window-position alignments remain unknown. AUDIT 2026-10-01: The 2026 annual results presentation reports 9/14 existing 787 retrofits complete and plans the balance by November 2026. This is a dated programme count, not an exact current configuration census. retrofit_target denotes the flying replacement cabin during the ongoing transition, not an unflown planned variant. Individual completed/remaining airframe bindings remain unspecified. Skynest is not shown on the bound flying V4 retrofit map; no exact future V5 allocation is certified here. AUDIT 2026-10-01: Current configuration-specific numbered map and explicit seat disclosures reviewed. Complete current tail, window and monument audit remains partial; see docs/audit-australia-new-zealand-2026-10-01/NZ.json. Historical full verification date retained. AUDIT 2026-10-01: Independent guarded review: removed numerical pitch inheritance at source-blank positions; explicit no/limited recline now selects source-specific seat types. Universal power limited to USB-A/USB-C; AC and wireless restricted to source-published cabins. All row/letter positions and source-bound flags preserved.

What changed

  1. Oct 3, 2026Removed unsupported relative price ranks from Business Premier Luxe, Economy Stretch, Economy Skycouch zones. Published product names, rows, explicit paid or conversion disclosures, seat positions, ratings, dimensions, counts, dates and all earlier history preserved. No free selection is inferred.
  2. Oct 3, 2026After actual exact-file review, corrected source-specific seat disclosures, assigned-type claims and schematic source anchors where supported; retained every numbered seat position, published exit restrictions, verification dates and earlier history. Exit Row alone no longer implies extra legroom or a positive rating in the scoped unproven configurations.
  3. Oct 3, 2026Applied independently scoped source corrections: added 7 explicit native-map monuments as derived schematic anchors; no measured distance, exact bassinet host seat or whole-row restriction inferred. Preserved historical verification date and prior changelog. Root source-versus-render inspection and final actual model review remain required.
  4. Oct 1, 2026Independent guarded review: removed numerical pitch inheritance at source-blank positions; explicit no/limited recline now selects source-specific seat types. Universal power limited to USB-A/USB-C; AC and wireless restricted to source-published cabins. All row/letter positions and source-bound flags preserved.
  5. Oct 1, 2026Australia/New Zealand primary audit: rechecked current official map; Removed unsourced regulatory exitType classifications; door positions retained as diagram anchors. Widened published table pitch ranges to 41–42 in Premium Economy and 31–33 in Economy; kept retrofit_target transition semantics. Complete configuration verification remains partial.
  6. Jul 17, 2026Initial 787-9 V4 published-map transcription.