Seat map Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner “Air India”. Best seats in the plane

Seat map Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner “Air India”. Best seats in the plane

Boeing 787-8 owned by Air India offer 256 seats of two classes: business and economy.

Seat map of the Boeing 787-8 (788)

First three rows of seats offer 18 flat bed business class seats with 180 degrees recline, 74 inches pitch and 22 inches width.


The only disadvantage of the seats of the 1st row is close location of the lavatories to the seats 1AB and of the galleys to the seats 1DF and 1HJ.

Noise from the galleys may also be bothersome for passengers of the seats 3DF.

Behind the exit roe 238 economy class seats are located. These seats have 33 inches pitch and 17 inches width.

The seats of the economy class are divided into two sections. First section consists of 17 rows. 16 rows have 3-3-3 configuration and 1 row offers 6 seats.

Thanks to the exit row located in front of the seats of the 11th row these seats offer additional space for passengers’ legs. Among disadvantages of these seats: noise from the galley located nearby, reduced width because the tray tables are built-in the armrests making them immovable and lack of floor storage during take-off and landing.

Proximity of the galley is the only disadvantage of the seats 12DEF.

The seats of the 28th row have the following disadvantages: location of the lavatories behind and limited recline because these are the seats of the last row in the section.

Second section of economy class seats is located behind another exit row. There are 11 rows of seats here.

Passengers of the seats of the 30th row will feel comfortable thanks to extra legroom. However, these seats have the following disadvantages: location of the lavatories in front, no floor storage during take-off and landing and reduced width.

Missing windows make the seats 37A and 37J bad seats.

For passengers travelling with a companion will be ideal the seats 39AB and 39HJ. However, noise from the lavatories and galleys located behind make these seats bad seats as well as the seats 40DEF that may also have limited recline.


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