Air India Limited
Air India Limited Boeing 787-9 seat map (three class)
Business Elevate Ascent, Premium Economy and Economy
787-9business class, premium economy and economy290 seats
Not yet confirmed against a primary source. Treat row-level detail as indicative and check at booking.
Air India Limited publishes 296 seats for this aircraft; this map draws 290. Air India states 296 seats: 28 Business, 28 Premium Economy and 240 Economy. Premium Economy divides exactly into four rows of seven and is drawn in full. Business and Economy do not divide into whole rows at their stated counts, and Air India publishes no diagram showing which rows are short, so this map draws the whole rows only — 28 Business and 234 Economy — and leaves the six seats that would sit in those partial rows off rather than placing them where nothing sources them.
What we could not settle on this aircraft
Air India's factory-built 787-9 holds 296 seats — 30 Business, 28 Premium Economy and 238 Economy — as reported by Business Traveller. Air India publishes no seat map or cabin split of its own that we can reach. Thirty Business seats do not divide into rows of four and 238 Economy seats do not divide into rows of nine, so at least one row in each of those two cabins is short — and nobody has published which row it is or which seats it loses. Rather than guess, we draw the full rows the figures support, 28 Business and 234 Economy, and leave the other six seats off the map. The row numbers here are ours, not Air India's.
Our best current understanding, not yet confirmed against a primary source.
About this cabin
Air India Limited's 787-9 in this configuration seats 290 (J/W/Y). This is our best current estimate for this layout, built mainly from secondary sources — treat exact seat-by-seat detail with a little more caution than usual. Air India Limited flies only this one cabin layout on the 787-9 — no version lottery on this type.
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 (Elevate Ascent)
Business (Elevate Ascent) spans rows 1–7 in a 1-2-1 layout.
Premium Economy
Premium Economy spans rows 11–14 in a 2-3-2 layout, 38in pitch.
Economy
Economy spans rows 18–43 in a 3-3-3 layout, 31in pitch.
Cabin specs
| Cabin | Pitch | Width | Recline | Power | IFE | Wifi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business (Elevate Ascent) | — | — | Lie-flat | AC | 4K | — |
| Premium Economy | 38" | — | 7° | AC | — | — |
| Economy | 31" | — | — | USB | — | — |
Known quirks on this aircraft
- Seat doesn't recline (16 seats: 14A, 14B, 14C, and 13 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 (4 seats: 1A, 1D, 11A, and 1 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.
- No underseat storage (11 seats: 1A, 1B, 1C, and 8 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 India Limited's 787-9 have in this configuration?
- 290 seats in total, arranged as J/W/Y. This is one specific configuration — Air India Limited's fleet may include other configurations of the same aircraft type, covered below.
- Is this the only cabin layout Air India Limited flies on the 787-9?
- Yes, as far as we can determine — Air India Limited flies only this one cabin layout on the 787-9. There's no "version lottery" to worry about on this specific type for this airline.
- How confident are you in this seat map?
- This configuration is marked "provisional" — assembled from secondary sources and not yet confirmed against a primary one. 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 airlines flying the 787-9
- Japan Airlines Domestic 787-9 — Business, Sky Premium Economy and EconomyJ/W/Y
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 787-9 — World Business Class, Premium Comfort and Economy, three-classJ/J/W/W/Y
- Royal Air Maroc 787-9 — Business, Eco Premium and Economy ("v2", 16C/28W/276Y)J/W/Y/Y/Y
- Royal Air Maroc 787-9 — Business and Economy, standard configuration (26C/276Y, "v1")J/J/Y/Y/Y
- AeroMéxico 787-9 — Clase Premier, Economy (extra legroom) and EconomyJ/Y/Y
- Ethiopian Airlines 787-9 — Cloud Nine and Economy on the Boeing 787-9J/J/Y/Y/Y
- Etihad Airways 787-9 — Business Studio and Economy Smart Seat, 335-seat cabin (Layout 3)J/Y/Y/Y/Y
- All Nippon Airways 787-9 — Business Staggered, Premium Economy and Economy (215-seat)J/J/J/J/J/J/J/J/J/J/J/J/J/W/Y/Y/Y/Y
Data sources & verification
- Configuration last verified
- , against Air India Limited'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
- Fitted fleet-wide on this aircraft type.
- Seat lettering
- We haven't confirmed this cabin's exact seat letters against Air India Limited'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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