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Japan Airlines Boeing 787-8 seat map — 186 seats

787-8 (E12: 30 JAL SKY SUITE / 156 JAL SKY WIDER Economy)
186 seats30J/156YLast 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
JAL SKY SUITEBusiness · 2-2-2JAL SKY WIDEREconomy · 2-4-2LAVATORY ♿ (full_width) — Forward lavatories (wheelchair-accessible with diaper table).♿ LAVATORY ♿GALLEY (full_width) — Mid galley/lavatories between the Business bays (Door 2 zone). · position derived🍽 GALLEYBASSINET (center) — Bassinet mounts at the economy bulkhead. · position derived🍼 BASSINETLAVATORY ♿ (right) — Mid-economy lavatory (wheelchair-accessible with diaper table/shelf).♿ LAVATORY ♿LAVATORY ♿ (left) — Aft lavatory (wheelchair-accessible with diaper table).♿ LAVATORY ♿GALLEY (full_width) — Aft galley. · position derived🍽 GALLEY123781819202122232425264546474849505152535455ACDGHKACDGHKACDGHKACDGHKACDGHKACDEFGHKACDEFGHKACDEFGHKACDEFGHKACDEFGHKACDEFGHKACDEFGHKACDEFGHKACDEFGHKACDEFGHKACDEFGHKACDEFGHKACDEFGHKACDEFGHKACDEFGHKACDEFGHKACDEFGHKACDEFGHKACDEFGHKDEFGEXIT (door) — Door 1 (forward).EXITEXIT (door) — Door 1 (forward).EXITEXIT (door) — Door 2 (behind Business forward bay).EXITEXIT (door) — Door 2 (behind Business forward bay).EXITEXIT (door) — Door 3 (economy exit).EXITEXIT (door) — Door 3 (economy exit).EXITEXIT (door) — Door 4 (aft).EXITEXIT (door) — Door 4 (aft).EXIT

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At a glance
186 seats
Rating mix
4Good148Standard34Be aware
Best seats
  • — Exit-row seat at Door 3 with extra legroom, and this seat still reclines.
Seats to avoid
  • — First row of the aft Business bay, at the mid-cabin galley and lavatories (Door 2 zone) — some service noise and foot traffic.
Worth knowing
  • Exit rows: 45
  • 4 extra-legroom seats
  • 2 window seats with a missing or misaligned window

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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

  • 7A, 7C, 7D, 7G, 7H, 7K — First row of the aft Business bay, at the mid-cabin galley and lavatories (Door 2 zone) — some service noise and foot traffic.

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.

JAL SKY SUITE

2-2-2Rows 1–830 seats

Seats to avoid

  • 7A, 7C, 7D, 7G, 7H, 7K — First row of the aft Business bay, at the mid-cabin galley and lavatories (Door 2 zone) — some service noise and foot traffic.
Worth knowing
  • Rows next to a galley: 7

JAL SKY WIDER

2-4-2Rows 18–55156 seats

Best seats

  • 45D, 45E, 45F, 45G — Exit-row seat at Door 3 with extra legroom, and this seat still reclines.

Seats to avoid

  • 18A, 18C, 18D, 18E, 18F, 18G, 18H, 18K — Bulkhead row directly behind Business — the seat does not recline and the armrests are fixed.
  • 45A, 45C, 45H, 45K — Exit-row seat at Door 3 — extra legroom, but the seatback is fixed and does not recline.
Worth knowing
  • Exit rows: 45
  • Rows next to a galley: 55
  • 4 extra-legroom seats
  • 2 window seats with a missing or misaligned window: 52A and 52K

Frequently asked questions

How many seats does the Japan Airlines Boeing 787-8 have?
This configuration has 186 seats: 30 JAL SKY SUITE, 156 JAL SKY WIDER.
What are the best seats on the Japan Airlines Boeing 787-8?
Top-rated in our data: 45D, 45E, 45F, 45G — Exit-row seat at Door 3 with extra legroom, and this seat still reclines.
Which seats should I avoid?
Flagged in our data: 7A, 7C, 7D, 7G, 7H, 7K — First row of the aft Business bay, at the mid-cabin galley and lavatories (Door 2 zone) — some service noise and foot traffic; 18A, 18C — Bulkhead row directly behind Business — the seat does not recline and the armrests are fixed.
Which rows are the exit rows?
Row 45 is an exit row.
Does the Japan Airlines Boeing 787-8 have lie-flat seats?
Yes — JAL SKY SUITE has 30 seats that convert to a fully flat bed.

Cabins

JAL SKY SUITE

30 seats · 2-2-2 (staggered) · lie-flat
JAL SKY SUITE (787)
Seat
Lie-flat bed
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A

188 cm (about 74 in) fully-flat bed published by JAL. Seat width not published.

JAL SKY WIDER

156 seats · 2-4-2
Pitch
33"estimated
Width
19"estimated
Seat
Standard seat
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A

JAL markets SKY WIDER as a wider 2-4-2 economy (about 5 cm more width than a standard nine-abreast 787). Exact pitch/width are not published by JAL.

Onboard facilities

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

3 lavatories · 2 galleys · 4 door pairs

🚪 EXIT × 4♿ WC ♿ × 3🍽 GALLEY × 2🍼 BASSINET × 1

Amenities

Wi-Fi
Available
paid · International in-flight Wi-Fi available.
Entertainment
Seatback screens
MAGIC-VI personal seatback entertainment at every seat; large personal monitors in SKY SUITE. Screen sizes not published.
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A
AC power outlet and USB at every seat.
Food & drink
Complimentary meals and drinks on international routes.

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.

Japan Airlines Boeing 787-8 seat map diagram — JAL SKY SUITE, JAL SKY WIDER (186 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.

How this map was built

Japan Airlines Boeing 787-8, international configuration E12 (186 seats: 30 JAL SKY SUITE business + 156 JAL SKY WIDER economy). Per-cabin counts, class row ranges, and the exit/lavatory/no-recline/no-window seat lists are published on JAL's official 787-8 aircraft page (jal.co.jp/jp/en/aircraft/conf/787.html); the abreast layouts (SKY SUITE 2-2-2 staggered, SKY WIDER 2-4-2 eight-abreast) are read from JAL's published E12 seat-map diagram. Corroborated by Wikipedia's JAL fleet table (30J/156Y=186). DERIVED elements (layoutProvenance mixed): exact row NUMBERS between the published anchor rows and the taper of the rearmost economy row are constructed to reproduce JAL's published totals and may differ from the airframe. Business modeled as 5 rows of 6 (rows 1,2,3 forward bay + 7,8 aft bay = 30) — JAL numbers the staggered suite 1-8; the stagger is flagged geometryHint 'staggered'. Economy modeled as front rows 18-26 (9x8=72) + rear rows 45-54 (10x8=80) + a reduced last row 55 (centre 4 = 4) = 156; the row-55 taper is derived to reconcile to the published 156. Published special seats honoured on their real row numbers: row 18 whole-row no-recline bulkhead (18A/C/D/E/F/G/H/K), Door 3 exit row 45 (45A/C/H/K no-recline), row 46 centre no-recline (46D/E/F/G), row 52 no-window window seats (52A/K) plus 52A/C/H/K no-recline, row 54 no-recline (54A/C/H/K). Pitch/width are not published by JAL and are flagged unsourced; no 787 window grid exists so windowGridType is omitted and window seats are windowAlignment 'unknown' except the published no-window 52A/52K.

What changed

  1. Jul 14, 2026Initial JAL 787-8 E12 configuration (186 seats) from JAL's official aircraft page + seat-map diagram, corroborated by Wikipedia fleet table.