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Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 seat map — 176 seats

737-800 (176 seats: 8 Business / 168 Economy)
176 seats8J/30N/138YLast verified Jul 17, 2026
This cabin is being replaced by the 737-800 (182 seats: 8 Business / 174 Economy, reconfigured) configuration →

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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: Economy XZone: Economy XEconomy XECONOMY XZone: Preferred seatingPreferred seatingPREFERRED SEATINGBusinessBusinessBusiness · 2-2EconomyEconomyEconomy · 3-3LAVATORY (left) — Forward lavatory shown on the published Virgin Australia map.🚻 LAVAT…GALLEY (right) — Forward service-counter shapes are visible in the native airline SVG; galley classification is inferred. The retained row/side anchor is schematic; no measured engineering width, physical bulkhead or exact proximity is certified. · position derived🍽 GALLEYLAVATORY (left) — Left rear lavatory shown on the published map.🚻 LAVAT…GALLEY (full_width) — Rear service-counter shapes are visible in the native airline SVG; galley classification is inferred. The retained row/side anchor is schematic; no measured engineering width, physical bulkhead or exact proximity is certified. · position derived🍽 GALLEYLAVATORY (right) — Right rear lavatory shown on the published map.🚻 LAVAT…123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930ACDFACDFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFEXIT (door) — Forward entry and service doors drawn ahead of row1. The before-row1 anchor is source-relative and schematic, without engineering dimensions.EXIT (door) — Forward entry and service doors drawn ahead of row1. The before-row1 anchor is source-relative and schematic, without engineering dimensions.EXITEXIT (door) — Forward entry and service doors drawn ahead of row1. The before-row1 anchor is source-relative and schematic, without engineering dimensions.EXIT (door) — Forward entry and service doors drawn ahead of row1. The before-row1 anchor is source-relative and schematic, without engineering dimensions.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Over-wing emergency exits shown on the published map.EXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Over-wing emergency exits shown on the published map.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Over-wing emergency exits shown on the published map.EXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Over-wing emergency exits shown on the published map.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Over-wing emergency exits shown on the published map.EXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Over-wing emergency exits shown on the published map.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Over-wing emergency exits shown on the published map.EXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Over-wing emergency exits shown on the published map.EXITEXIT (door) — Aft entry and service doors.EXIT (door) — Aft entry and service doors.EXITEXIT (door) — Aft entry and service doors.EXIT (door) — Aft entry and service doors.EXIT

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At a glance
176 seats
Rating mix
30Good146Standard
Best seats
  • — Economy X seat with additional legroom, as described by the airline’s seating policy. No physical bulkhead, exact row-specific pitch or storage restriction is inferred.
Worth knowing
  • Exit rows: 13 and 14
  • 30 extra-legroom seats

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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

2-2Rows 1–28 seats

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

Economy

3-3Rows 3–30168 seats

Best seats

  • 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3E, 3F — Economy X seat with additional legroom, as described by the airline’s seating policy. No physical bulkhead, exact row-specific pitch or storage restriction is inferred.
  • 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E, 4F — Economy X seat with additional legroom.
Worth knowing
  • Exit rows: 13 and 14
  • Rows next to a lavatory: 30
  • 30 extra-legroom seats

Frequently asked questions

How many seats does the Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 have?
This configuration has 176 seats: 8 Business, 168 Economy.
What are the best seats on the Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800?
Top-rated in our data: 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3E, 3F — Economy X seat with additional legroom, as described by the airline’s seating policy. No physical bulkhead, exact row-specific pitch or storage restriction is inferred; 4A, 4B — Economy X seat with additional legroom.
Which seats should I avoid?
No seats on this layout are flagged as ones to avoid.
Which rows are the exit rows?
Rows 13 and 14 are exit rows.
Does the Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 have lie-flat seats?
No — this configuration has no lie-flat seats.

Cabins

Business

8 seats · 2-2
Pitch
38"published
Seat
Recliner

Virgin Australia publishes 38 in (96.5 cm) pitch for 737 Business Class.

Economy

168 seats · 3-3
Pitch
36.5"published
Seat
Standard seat, Extra-legroom seat

Virgin Australia publishes a 34-39 in pitch range for Economy X.

Economy XPreferred seating

Onboard facilities

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

3 lavatories · 2 galleys · 4 door pairs

🚻 WC × 3🍽 GALLEY × 2🚪 EXIT × 4

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.

Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 seat map diagram — Business, Economy (176 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

CURRENT SCOPE: Virgin Australia's fleet page dated 24 June 2026 still lists a 176-seat 737-800 alongside the 182-seat target. The interim report identifies 182 seats as the standardisation target, so this live legacy layout is retrofit_source linked to va-738-182. The earlier 170-seat 737-800 capacity published in the 2025 prospectus is absent from the current fleet page and is not modelled. PUBLISHED: the official Virgin Australia map supplies the displayed rows, seats, cabin boundaries, Economy X/Preferred zones, exits and explicitly labelled toilets. The forward/right and rear service-counter shapes are visible but not labelled as galleys; their retained galley classifications and row/side anchors are schematic inferences, marked derived. No engineering width, measured proximity or exact counter function is certified. Business has 38 in pitch; Economy X has 34-39 in pitch; Preferred seating has no extra legroom. MODELLING: Economy X remains a zone within the physical Economy cabin but resolves to extra_legroom_economy for the computed cabinSummary. Seat geometry establishes relative positions; it does not establish seat-specific operational restrictions. No unpublished ordinary-Economy pitch, width, or recline number is encoded. WINDOW ALIGNMENT: the exact variant grid is bound; scripts/window-alignment.js is run after generation and only tool-applied high-confidence structural blanks are accepted, while all other window positions remain unknown. Australia/New Zealand audit 2026-10-01: Fresh airline diagram matches every printed row and seat letter, physical seat presence, cabin boundary, Economy X and Preferred zone; June24 2026 published type capacity and type-level737-700/MAX8 inventory;737-800176/182 split has no allocation. Unresolved: Exact dimensions outside published fleet-wide product pitch; seat model, width, recline and individual power/Wi-Fi installation remain unresolved; Window alignment remains qualified inference; seat-specific storage, tray and recline restrictions are unpublished; Configuration-specific737-800 retrofit quantities/airframe allocation and fully current VARA legacy and domestic wet-lease maps remain unresolved. Full configuration verification is not claimed. Unsupported seat-level no-underseat-storage, armrest-tray and limited-recline claims were withdrawn after independent source review. Ratings that depended on those unsupported restrictions were withdrawn. Row3 Economy X A–F uses good solely for the airline-published additional-legroom product benefit, consistently with other Economy X seats; no exact row pitch, physical bulkhead or storage restriction is inferred; source-bound seat positions, Economy X, Preferred and paid-selection flags remain.

What changed

  1. Oct 3, 2026Withdrew unproven relative price ranks for Economy X and Preferred seating. The bound seating policy establishes paid selection with fare, timing and eligibility exceptions, and varying region/zone prices referred to current GDS pricing; it does not establish the encoded ordering. Product names, paid-seat flags, physical rows, metrics, verification dates and prior history are preserved.
  2. Oct 3, 2026Aligned the forward entry/service-door anchor before row1 using the official native diagram, with an explicitly derived schematic position and no engineering dimensions. Passenger seats, counts, verification dates and historical changelog entries remain unchanged.
  3. Oct 3, 2026Qualified inferred forward/rear galley classifications from unlabeled native service-counter shapes and clarified Economy X legroom-only ratings; preserved row/seat positions, anchors, unresolved engineering dimensions, dates and all prior history.
  4. Oct 3, 2026Final review: aligned row3 Economy X ratings with the documented additional-legroom product without asserting a bulkhead or exact row-specific pitch. Removed source field references to absent fleet-count, relation and power fields.
  5. Oct 3, 2026Withdrew unsupported physical or installed-equipment claims and qualified the retained source limitations without changing numbered passenger positions or the historical verification date.
  6. Oct 1, 2026Independent guarded review: Unsupported seat-level no-underseat-storage, armrest-tray and limited-recline claims were withdrawn after independent source review. Associated ratings use the neutral standard baseline; source-bound seat positions, Economy X, Preferred and paid-selection flags remain.
  7. Oct 1, 2026Australia/New Zealand primary-source audit: Fresh airline diagram matches every printed row and seat letter, physical seat presence, cabin boundary, Economy X and Preferred zone; June24 2026 published type capacity and type-level737-700/MAX8 inventory;737-800176/182 split has no allocation. Gaps: Exact dimensions outside published fleet-wide product pitch; seat model, width, recline and individual power/Wi-Fi installation remain unresolved; Window alignment, ratings, bulkhead restrictions and limited-recline flags are retained qualified inferences, not established by a seat-map picture; Configuration-specific737-800 retrofit quantities/airframe allocation and fully current VARA legacy and domestic wet-lease maps remain unresolved.
  8. Jul 17, 2026Initial Virgin Australia 737-800 176-seat configuration from current official fleet and seat-map sources.