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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 →

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
No window at seat 9A — Boeing routes the air-conditioning riser ducts up the left sidewall from the belly A/C packs to the ceiling distribution ducts, forward of the wing. The duct behind the sidewall panel displaces one left-side cabin window. Per Alaska fleet engineering this is standard on all 737 aircraft. (structural blank, confidence medium)NO WDWZone: Economy X (premium)ECONOMY XZone: Preferred seating (preferred)PREFERRED SEATINGBusinessBusiness · 2-2EconomyEconomy · 3-3LAVATORY (left) — Forward lavatory shown on the published Virgin Australia map.🚻 LAVATORYGALLEY (right) — Forward galley shown on the published Virgin Australia map.🍽 GALLEYLAVATORY (left) — Left rear lavatory shown on the published map.🚻 LAVATORYGALLEY (full_width) — Rear galley shown aft of the lavatories on the published map.🍽 GALLEYLAVATORY (right) — Right rear lavatory shown on the published map.🚻 LAVATORY123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930ACDFACDFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFEXIT (door) — Forward entry and service doors.EXITEXIT (door) — Forward entry and service doors.EXITEXIT (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.EXITEXIT (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.EXITEXIT (door) — Aft entry and service doors.EXITEXIT (door) — Aft entry and service doors.EXIT

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At a glance
176 seats
Rating mix
34Good130Standard12Be aware
Best seats
  • — Bulkhead Business seat with no seat directly ahead, offset by no under-seat stowage and an armrest tray table.
  • — Front Economy X bulkhead seat with additional legroom, offset by no under-seat stowage and an armrest tray table.
Seats to avoid
  • — Seat immediately ahead of the over-wing exit area; recline may be limited.
Worth knowing
  • Exit rows: 13 and 14
  • 30 extra-legroom seats
  • 10 seats without under-seat storage

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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

  • 12A, 12B, 12C, 12D, 12E, 12F — Seat immediately ahead of the over-wing exit area; recline may be limited.

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

Best seats

  • 1A, 1C, 1D, 1F — Bulkhead Business seat with no seat directly ahead, offset by no under-seat stowage and an armrest tray table.
Worth knowing
  • 4 seats without under-seat storage

Economy

3-3Rows 3–30168 seats

Best seats

  • 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3E, 3F — Front Economy X bulkhead seat with additional legroom, offset by no under-seat stowage and an armrest tray table.
  • 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E, 4F — Economy X seat with additional legroom.

Seats to avoid

  • 12A, 12B, 12C, 12D, 12E, 12F — Seat immediately ahead of the over-wing exit area; recline may be limited.
  • 30A, 30F — Last-row seat with limited recline beside a rear lavatory; expect noise and passenger traffic.
  • 30B, 30C, 30D, 30E — Last-row seat with limited recline, with rear lavatories and service areas directly behind.
Worth knowing
  • Exit rows: 13 and 14
  • Rows next to a lavatory: 30
  • 30 extra-legroom seats
  • 6 seats without under-seat storage

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: 1A, 1C, 1D, 1F — Bulkhead Business seat with no seat directly ahead, offset by no under-seat stowage and an armrest tray table; 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D — Front Economy X bulkhead seat with additional legroom, offset by no under-seat stowage and an armrest tray table.
Which seats should I avoid?
Flagged in our data: 12A, 12B, 12C, 12D, 12E, 12F — Seat immediately ahead of the over-wing exit area; recline may be limited; 30A, 30F — Last-row seat with limited recline beside a rear lavatory; expect noise and passenger traffic.
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 every displayed row, seat, cabin boundary, Economy X/Preferred zone, exit, lavatory and galley position. 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. Ratings and the limited-recline cautions for the row immediately ahead of the over-wing exits and the last row are structural inferences, not airline-published seat warnings. Bulkhead storage/tray flags are likewise inferred from the published monument geometry. 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.

What changed

  1. Jul 17, 2026Initial Virgin Australia 737-800 176-seat configuration from current official fleet and seat-map sources.