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Virgin Australia Boeing 737 MAX 8 seat map

737 MAX 8 (182 seats: 8 Business / 174 Economy)
182 seats8J/24N/150Y19 aircraft (as of Jun 24, 2026)Last verified Jul 17, 2026

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
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) — Unlabelled forward-right service monuments; galley classification and relative placement are inferred from the schematic, not explicitly labelled or measured. · position derived🍽 GALLEYLAVATORY (left) — Left rear lavatory shown on the published map.🚻 LAVAT…GALLEY (full_width) — Unlabelled aft central service monument behind the labelled toilets; galley classification and full-width rendering extent are inferred, not measured. · position derived🍽 GALLEYLAVATORY (right) — Right rear lavatory shown on the published map.🚻 LAVAT…12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031ACDFACDFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFEXIT (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
182 seats
Rating mix
24Good158Standard
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: 14 and 15
  • 24 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 3–31174 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: 14 and 15
  • Rows next to a lavatory: 31
  • 24 extra-legroom seats

Frequently asked questions

How many seats does the Virgin Australia Boeing 737 MAX 8 have?
This configuration has 182 seats: 8 Business, 174 Economy.
What are the best seats on the Virgin Australia Boeing 737 MAX 8?
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 14 and 15 are exit rows.
Does the Virgin Australia Boeing 737 MAX 8 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

174 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 MAX 8 seat map diagram — Business, Economy (182 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 24 June 2026 fleet page lists the entire 19-aircraft 737-8 fleet at 182 seats and serves the 182-seat map. The earlier 178-seat delivery layout has been superseded and is not modelled as current. PUBLISHED: the official Virgin Australia map supplies every displayed row, seat, cabin boundary, Economy X/Preferred zone, exit and lavatory position; service-counter shapes are unlabelled and their galley classification is inferred. 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 for withdrawn restriction assumptions use the neutral standard baseline; row 3 Economy X retains a qualitative additional-legroom advantage based on the published product, without a physical-bulkhead or exact row-pitch claim; source-bound seat positions, Economy X, Preferred and paid-selection flags remain. The published refurbishment programme includes in-seat power, but the archived report does not bind installed power to every aircraft represented by this seat map. Configuration-wide power availability remains unconfirmed.

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, product positions, counts, dimensions, ratings, verification dates and historical changelog entries are unchanged.
  3. Oct 3, 2026Final source review: clarified source bindings, inferred monument classification or unresolved configuration-specific pricing; preserved all passenger positions and published product zones.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Jul 17, 2026Initial Virgin Australia 737 MAX 8 182-seat configuration from current official fleet and seat-map sources.