Air France
Air France Airbus A350-900 seat map (three class)
Business, Premium Economy and Economy, "Best" cabin retrofit
A350-900business class, premium economy and economy292 seats
Read off the airline’s own material, but some detail — often the row numbering — is our own careful work rather than theirs. Treat row-level detail as indicative and check at booking.
Worked out from sourced data rather than read directly off a published map.
About this cabin
Air France's A350-900 in this configuration seats 292 (J/W/Y/Y). The seat totals here are confirmed from published airline data; some row-by-row detail is our own careful estimate where the airline doesn't publish it. Air France flies 2 different cabins on the A350-900 — this is one of them. This is a version lottery: the flight page will tell you which one you're actually booked on where we can determine it. This aircraft type is currently mid-retrofit, so the exact cabin can still change as more aircraft are converted.
Quick pick, by traveller
| If you're… | Pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Travelling solo | 2A | A window seat rated highly with nothing working against it — lean on the wall, control the shade, nobody climbing over you. |
| Travelling as a couple | 2B | This row's layout puts a genuine two-seat pair here — no middle seat exists in this group, so it's just the two of you. |
| Tall passengers | 1B | Genuine extra legroom that also still reclines — not every extra-legroom seat does. |
| Trying to sleep | 2A | A window seat away from galley and lavatory traffic, so aisle lights and trolley passes are less likely to wake you. |
Seat map
Business
Business spans rows 1–12 in a 1-2-1 layout.
Premium Economy
Premium Economy spans rows 14–17 in a 2-4-2 layout, 38in pitch.
Economy
Economy spans rows 20–43 in a 3-3-3 layout. Worth avoiding: 43B, 43D, 43A, 43C — seat doesn't recline.
This row is not read off an Air France drawing. Air France publishes the class totals for this aircraft but no seat map we have been able to read, so the shape of the last Economy row is this project's own arithmetic from those totals — which is why the whole configuration is marked derived rather than verified.
Cabin specs
| Cabin | Pitch | Width | Recline | Power | IFE | Wifi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business | — | — | Lie-flat | — | 4K | — |
| Premium Economy | 38" | — | — | — | — | — |
| Economy | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Seats to avoid
| Seat | Cabin | Why to avoid it |
|---|---|---|
| 43B | Economy | This is the last row of the cabin, or the row directly in front of an exit, so the seat back is fixed upright for the whole flight. |
| 43D | Economy | This is the last row of the cabin, or the row directly in front of an exit, so the seat back is fixed upright for the whole flight. |
| 43A | Economy | This is the last row of the cabin, or the row directly in front of an exit, so the seat back is fixed upright for the whole flight. |
| 43C | Economy | This is the last row of the cabin, or the row directly in front of an exit, so the seat back is fixed upright for the whole flight. |
Known quirks on this aircraft
- Seat doesn't recline (13 seats: 17A, 17B, 17C, and 10 more) — This is the last row of the cabin, or the row directly in front of an exit, so the seat back is fixed upright for the whole flight.
- Often cold or draughty (6 seats: 1A, 1D, 14A, and 3 more) — Seats next to a bulkhead or door on a long-haul widebody are usually the coldest in the cabin — bring a layer for this one.
- High foot traffic (2 seats: 43B, 43D) — This aisle seat sits right next to a lavatory, galley or exit, so expect a steady stream of people brushing past, especially early and late in the flight.
- No underseat storage (21 seats: 1A, 1B, 1C, and 18 more) — Bulkhead and exit-row seats have nothing in front of the seat to store a bag under, so your bag must go in the overhead bin for the whole flight.
Frequently asked
- How many seats does Air France's A350-900 have in this configuration?
- 292 seats in total, arranged as J/W/Y/Y. This is one specific configuration — Air France's fleet may include other configurations of the same aircraft type, covered below.
- Is this the only cabin layout Air France flies on the A350-900?
- No — Air France flies 2 different cabin layouts on the A350-900 for this one. Check your specific flight's aircraft registration where possible, since booking the same route twice can put you on a different layout.
- Which seats should I avoid?
- Seat 43B in Economy is worth avoiding: This is the last row of the cabin, or the row directly in front of an exit, so the seat back is fixed upright for the whole flight. The full seat map marks every seat we'd steer you away from, with the specific reason for each.
- How confident are you in this seat map?
- This configuration is marked "derived" — the overall configuration confirmed, with some row-level detail worked out from seat counts and layout. See the sources and last-verified date lower on this page.
- Has a real person checked these individual seat scores?
- Not yet for this specific configuration. The scores above come from our rules engine, which reasons from real aircraft geometry, but they aren't marked as human-verified until someone has actually reviewed the unusual ones — see the verification section below for the current status.
Related
Other cabins Air France flies on the A350-900
Other airlines flying the A350-900
- Finnair A350-900 — Finnair AirLounge Business, Premium Economy and Economy, 278-seat A350J/J/J/J/W/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y
- Finnair A350-900 — Finnair AirLounge Business, Premium Economy and Economy, 321-seat A350J/J/W/W/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y
- China Eastern Airlines A350-900 — First, Business, Premium Economy and EconomyF/J/W/Y
- Turkish Airlines A350-900 — Standard two-classJ/Y
- ITA Airways A350-900 — Business, Premium Economy and Economy, long-haul (post-2024 retrofit)J/J/W/W/Y
- Cathay Pacific A350-900 — Business, Premium Economy and Economy, 280 seatsJ/J/J/J/W/W/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y
- Qatar Airways A350-900 — Business Class and Economy Class, 283-seat standard cabinJ/J/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y
- Delta Air Lines A350-900 — New premium-heavy 275-seat "35H" configuration, four-classJ/J/J/J/W/W/Y/Y/Y
Other aircraft Air France flies
Data sources & verification
- Configuration last verified
- , against Air France's own published seat map and fleet data below.
- Seat-by-seat scores
- Generated from the configuration data below by our rules engine. Awaiting human review before individual scores are published as verified.
- Fleet status
- Retrofit in progress across the fleet — not every aircraft on this type carries this cabin yet.
- Seat lettering
- We haven't confirmed this cabin's exact seat letters against Air France's own diagram yet. The seat count and layout are sourced; on a wide-body in particular, individual seat letters (e.g. whether a row has a seat G) may be off by one position until we do. We're working through these one airline at a time and will remove this note once it's checked.
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