China Southern Airlines Boeing 787-9 seat map — 297 seats
Seat map
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- — Fully flat bed with direct aisle access.
- — The seatback barely reclines because the over-wing exit row is directly behind.
- Exit rows: 20
- 9 extra-legroom seats
- 13 seats without under-seat storage
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How we rate seats →Best & worst seats
Our rating engine's picks for this cabin layout — see any seat's full reasoning in the map above.
Best seats
- 2A, 2D, 2G, 2K, 3A, 3D — Fully flat bed with direct aisle access.
Worth knowing
- 19A, 19B, 19C, 19D, 19E, 19F — The seatback barely reclines because the over-wing exit row is directly behind.
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
Best seats
- 2A, 2D, 2G, 2K, 3A, 3D, 3G, 3K, 4A, 4D, 4G, 4K — Fully flat bed with direct aisle access.
- Rows next to a galley: 7
- 4 seats without under-seat storage
Economy Class
Best seats
- 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, 10E, 10F, 10G, 10H, 10J — Bulkhead row — open space ahead and no seat reclining into you, but no under-seat stowage for take-off and landing.
- 20A, 20B, 20C — Extra legroom at the over-wing exit row.
Seats to avoid
- 19A, 19B, 19C, 19D, 19E, 19F, 19G, 19H, 19J — The seatback barely reclines because the over-wing exit row is directly behind.
- 39A, 39B, 39C — Last row — the cabin narrows here, recline is reduced and the rear galley/lavatories directly behind mean noise and queueing.
- Exit rows: 20
- Rows next to a galley: 39
- 9 extra-legroom seats
- 9 seats without under-seat storage
Frequently asked questions
- How many seats does the China Southern Airlines Boeing 787-9 have?
- This configuration has 297 seats: 28 Business Class, 269 Economy Class.
- What are the best seats on the China Southern Airlines Boeing 787-9?
- Top-rated in our data: 2A, 2D, 2G, 2K, 3A, 3D, 3G, 3K — Fully flat bed with direct aisle access.
- Which seats should I avoid?
- Flagged in our data: 19A, 19B, 19C, 19D, 19E, 19F, 19G, 19H — The seatback barely reclines because the over-wing exit row is directly behind.
- Which rows are the exit rows?
- Row 20 is an exit row.
- Does the China Southern Airlines Boeing 787-9 have lie-flat seats?
- Yes — Business Class has 28 seats that convert to a fully flat bed.
Cabins
Business Class
- Pitch
- 45"published
- Width
- 21.5"published
- Seat
- Lie-flat bed
- Screen
- 16"
- Power
- AC power outlet · USB-A
China Southern lists 45-inch pitch, seat width 20–23 in (staggered 1-2-1) and 180-degree fully-flat recline on its cabin-layout page.
Economy Class
- Pitch
- 32"published
- Width
- 16.5"published
- Seat
- Standard seat
- Screen
- 12"
- Power
- AC power outlet · USB-A
China Southern lists 32-inch pitch, 16–17-inch width and 6-inch backrest recline for Economy.
Onboard facilities
Drawn on the interactive map above — hover a monument to confirm its position.
3 lavatories · 3 galleys · 4 door pairs
Amenities
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.
Sources
Every measurement and claim on this page traces back to one of these. Last verified Jul 14, 2026.
- China Southern AirlinesPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026
Official B787-9(78C) cabin-layout page: 28 Business / 269 Economy = 297, with per-cabin pitch, width, recline, screen size and power for each cabin.
Retrieved via the Wayback Machine snapshot dated 2024-06-15 (csair.com is bot-hostile to direct automated fetch). The page publishes per-cabin counts and dimensions; the seat map is a reference image only, so the row-by-row grid is derived.
https://www.csair.com/en/tourguide/flight_service/cabin_layout/boyin/1cckugfqrrict.shtml ↗ - WikipediaINDEPENDENT SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026
China Southern fleet table: 21 Boeing 787-9s in two configurations — 28J/28W/220Y=276 (78Z) and 28J/269Y=297 (78C), each cited to the csair.com cabin-layout pages.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Southern_Airlines ↗
Two-class (high-density) China Southern Boeing 787-9, fleet-tracking code 78C. PER-CABIN COUNTS AND DIMENSIONS ARE PUBLISHED/PRIMARY: China Southern's official cabin-layout page (csair.com, retrieved via the 2024-06-15 Wayback snapshot) lists 28 Business (45" pitch, 20–23" width, 180° lie-flat recline, 16" TV) / 269 Economy (32"/16–17"/6" recline/12" TV), both with AC power + USB, total 297 — NO Premium Economy cabin. The Wikipedia China Southern fleet table (neutral) corroborates a 28J/269Y=297 (78C) 787-9 config and cites the same csair.com page. THE ASSIGNMENT HINT (1 config ~28J/24W/245Y) IS SUPERSEDED: the airline publishes TWO distinct 787-9 configs — this two-class 78C 297-seater and a three-class 78Z 276-seater (cz-789-276). LAYOUT DERIVED_FROM_COUNTS: the csair map is a reference image only, so the row grid, door/exit positions, over-wing band and the tapered last Economy row are structural reconstructions from the published counts + abreast layouts; every cabin carries derived:true. DERIVATIONS: Business 1-2-1 rows 1-7 (7×4=28); Economy 3-3-3 rows 10-39 — bulkhead row 10, over-wing exit row 20, 29 full 9-abreast rows (261) plus a tapered last row 39 (drops the J window pair to 8 seats) to reach 269. Doors (1 fwd, 2 behind Business, 3 over-wing, 4 aft), galleys/lavatories and the wing band are derived. windowAlignment is left 'unknown' for window seats because the grid is derived (no 787 window grid exists, so windowGridType is omitted). China Southern operates 21 787-9s split between the 78Z and 78C configs; the per-config airframe count is not published.
What changed
- Jul 14, 2026Initial China Southern 787-9 78C two-class (28J/269Y = 297) config; counts + dimensions from csair.com cabin-layout page (Wayback), grid derived_from_counts.