Etihad Airways Boeing 787-9 seat map — 299 seats
Seat assessment
Ratings reviewed against the cited evidence. Details without sufficient evidence, including unknown window alignment, remain unverified.
Seat map
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- — Bassinet symbol shown beside this Business seat; infants may be seated nearby.
- — Immediately beside the published galley area — possible light and service noise.
- Bassinet rows: 5, 15, 16, and 31
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Our rating engine's picks for this cabin layout — see any seat's full reasoning in the map above.
Worth knowing
- 5D — Bassinet symbol shown beside this Business seat; infants may be seated nearby.
- 11D, 11G, 46D, 46E, 46G — Immediately beside the published galley area — possible light and service noise.
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
Seats to avoid
- 5D — Bassinet symbol shown beside this Business seat; infants may be seated nearby.
- Bassinet rows: 5
Business
Seats to avoid
- 11D, 11G — Immediately beside the published galley area — possible light and service noise.
- Rows next to a galley: 11
Economy
Seats to avoid
- 15B, 15J, 31E — Bassinet position nearby — families with infants are often seated here.
- 16D, 16E, 16G — Centre bassinet symbols shown ahead of the first centre Economy seats; infants may be seated nearby.
- 30A, 30B, 30E, 30J, 30K — Three lavatory banks shown immediately behind this row; possible noise and traffic.
- 30C — Immediately beside the published lavatory area — possible noise and queueing.
- Bassinet rows: 15, 16, and 31
- Rows next to a galley: 46
- Rows next to a lavatory: 30 and 45
Frequently asked questions
- How many seats does the Etihad Airways Boeing 787-9 have?
- This configuration has 299 seats: 4 Business, 24 Business, 271 Economy.
- What are the best seats on the Etihad Airways Boeing 787-9?
- No standout seat is established by the available evidence for this layout. Unresolved comfort details remain unverified.
- Which seats should I avoid?
- Flagged in our data: 5D — Bassinet symbol shown beside this Business seat; infants may be seated nearby; 11D, 11G, 46D, 46E, 46G — Immediately beside the published galley area — possible light and service noise; 15B, 15J — Bassinet position nearby — families with infants are often seated here.
- Which rows have bassinet positions?
- Bassinet positions serve rows 5, 15, 16, and 31.
- Does the Etihad Airways Boeing 787-9 have lie-flat seats?
- Yes — Business has 28 seats that convert to a fully flat bed.
Cabins
Business
- Seat
- Lie-flat bed
- Screen
- Screen fitted (size unpublished)
Business
- Seat
- Lie-flat bed
- Screen
- Screen fitted (size unpublished)
Economy
- Seat
- Standard seat
- Screen
- Screen fitted (size unpublished)
In this cabin: Entertainment: seatback
Onboard facilities
Drawn on the interactive map above — hover a monument to confirm its position.
7 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 Oct 4, 2026.
- Etihad AirwaysPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026
Official Boeing 787-9 Layout 2 seat map: Business and Economy seat identifiers row by row; front/rear Economy zones; bulkheads, bassinets, galleys, toilets and doors. Enumerating the published seats yields 28 Business / 271 Economy = 299.
Retrieved through Wayback raw snapshot 2025-09-08 because the live Etihad PDF timed out. The PDF has no numeric capacity table; totals are exact enumerations of the seats drawn. The schematic does not prove window alignment or numeric seat dimensions.
https://www.etihad.com/content/dam/eag/etihadairways/etihadcom/2025/global/products/our-fleet/b787/Boeing%20787_Seatmap_V2.pdf ↗ - Etihad AirwaysPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026
Etihad current-fleet page links three Boeing 787-9 seat maps, explicitly labeled v1, v2 and v3.
The live Etihad origin timed out during retrieval; archived from the Wayback raw snapshot dated 2026-05-13. The page establishes that Etihad publishes three 787-9 layout variants but does not state their seat totals.
https://www.etihad.com/en-us/plan/fly-with-etihad/our-fleet ↗ - Etihad AirwaysPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026
Current Boeing 787 product page: First Suite privacy doors and fully-flat bed; Business fully-flat bed; touch screens at every seat; Economy SMART SEAT, extra-legroom availability and USB charging.
Fleet-wide 787 product overview rather than a layout-specific specification; no numeric pitch or width is used from it.
https://www.etihad.com/en/plan/fly-with-etihad/our-fleet/boeing-787 ↗ - Etihad AirwaysPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Oct 3, 2026
Current fleet page links this configuration native seat-map PDF on 3 October 2026.
Current fleet page and PDF text accessed through web reader; visual verification uses the previously saved native PDF bytes whose source snapshot and earlier retrieval date remain recorded. No assertion that live PDF bytes equal archived bytes.
https://www.etihad.com/en/plan/fly-with-etihad/our-fleet ↗ - Etihad AirwaysPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Oct 3, 2026
3 October 2026 product text recheck confirms Business fully-flat beds, First Suite doors and fully-flat bed, personal touchscreens, Economy SMART SEAT and USB charging. It does not name a layout-specific Business product or promise direct aisle access.
Unsnapshotted web-reader text; generic fleet product description cannot establish layout-specific measurements or hardware. Native geometry still rests on the dated saved PDF.
https://www.etihad.com/en/plan/fly-with-etihad/our-fleet/boeing-787 ↗
Etihad current fleet page publishes this as Boeing 787-9 v2 / Layout 2. Transcribed row by row from the official PDF. BUSINESS: row 5 is C,D,G,K (4) and rows 6-11 are A,D,G,K (6x4=24); the two schema cabins are grouped as one sold Business cabin through cabinGroupId, totaling 28. ECONOMY: front row 15 has the six outboard seats and rows 16-30 are 15x9, giving 141; rear row 31 has D/E/G (3), rows 32-44 are 13x9=117, row 45 has A/C/D/E/G/H/K (7), and row 46 has D/E/G (3), giving 130 rear and 271 total. The dark seats with a black cap are explicitly keyed as Bulkhead, distinct from the separate Extra legroom and Standard legend entries; they remain canonical Economy and carry a bulkhead precaution rather than being promoted to a separately sold tier. windowAlignment stays unknown for window positions because the top-down schematic does not prove window-to-seat alignment. Numeric seat dimensions, wing range and per-tail assignment are not published in the cited map. Editorial precautions reflect drawn bulkheads and immediate monument proximity, not measured clearance or an airline rating. Rendering geometry is unspecified; native diagrams establish seat letters and schematic shapes but not a named hardware or exact-facing guarantee. October 4 methodology re-review supersedes prior immediate adjacency claims across entry vestibules or intervening monuments; historical source observations/changelog remain preserved. Only direct native service-bank relationships retain service-area quality cautions. Bulkhead and extra-legroom evidence is assessed separately. Standard is a within-cabin baseline, not certification that unknown drawbacks are absent; per-seat recline exceptions and engineering window alignment remain unverified. The retained V2 native drawing assigns no Extra legroom symbol to a numbered seat; legend text and general product availability alone do not support variant-specific Good promotions. October 4 methodology correction: categorical storage and accessible-restroom claims without precise primary evidence are superseded. Bulkhead-only positions are Standard with specific effects unknown; bassinet, lavatory and galley cautions remain only where individually sourced.
What changed
- Oct 4, 2026Applied actual Claude review findings after independent native review: corrected service-bank evidence and removed unsupported categorical claims where applicable. Historical claims are superseded; the native seat grid is preserved.
- Oct 4, 2026Superseded forward row5 and rear-zone31/32 service proximity across source-drawn entries; retained directly evidenced same-side bank assessments.
- Oct 3, 2026Resolved actual Claude EY-R1/R2 findings against native archived diagrams: corrected supported letters, monument types and nearest-seat anchors; removed unsupported aisle/view and named-geometry claims; consistent immediate-monument precautions. Current-byte equality remains unverified.
- Oct 3, 2026Resolved actual Claude EY02/EY03 supported findings: removed unsupported aisle-access promises; narrowed product and service claims; harmonised bulkhead precautions and verified immediate monument annotations against each native archived diagram.
- Oct 3, 2026Rechecked the existing numbered row grid against the native Etihad PDF snapshot and current fleet link; no seat additions or removals.
- Jul 14, 2026Initial Etihad Airways 787-9 28J271Y configuration, transcribed row by row from the official Layout 2 PDF.
