Emirates
Emirates Airbus A350-900 seat map (three class)
A350 ultra long-haul layout — Business, Premium Economy and Economy, 298 seats
A350-900business class, premium economy and economy294 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.
Emirates publishes 298 seats for this aircraft; this map draws 294. Emirates states 298 seats for this A350 cabin: 32 Business, 28 Premium Economy and 238 Economy. Business and Premium Economy divide exactly into whole rows and are drawn in full. 238 does not divide into whole rows of nine, so at least one economy row is short, and Emirates publishes no seat map for this aircraft showing which row it is. This map draws the 234 seats that fill whole rows and leaves four off.
What we could not settle on this aircraft
Emirates publishes 238 Economy seats on this aircraft in a 3-3-3 layout. Nine seats to a row does not divide into 238, so at least one Economy row is not a full row of nine — and Emirates publishes no seat map showing which row it is or which seats it loses. Rather than guess, we draw the 26 full rows the figure supports, 234 seats, and leave the remaining four seats off the map. Emirates' own total for this aircraft is 298 and the map below shows 294. The row numbers are ours as well: Emirates publishes the cabin sizes and the layouts but not the numbers printed on the overhead bins, so treat the row numbers here as showing the shape of the cabin rather than as matching your boarding pass.
Worked out from sourced data rather than read directly off a published map.
About this cabin
Emirates' A350-900 in this configuration seats 294 (J/W/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. Emirates 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.
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 Class
Business Class spans rows 1–8 in a 1-2-1 layout, 44in pitch and 21in seat width.
Premium Economy
Premium Economy spans rows 11–14 in a 2-3-2 layout, 39in pitch and 19.5in seat width.
Economy Class
Economy Class spans rows 20–45 in a 3-3-3 layout, 18.4in seat width.
Cabin specs
| Cabin | Pitch | Width | Recline | Power | IFE | Wifi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Class | 44" | 21" | Lie-flat | 60W USB-C at every seat, plus wireless charging on the side table | 20-inch 4K personal screen | Excellent |
| Premium Economy | 39" | 19.5" | — | 60W USB-C at every seat | 13.3-inch 4K personal screen | Excellent |
| Economy Class | — | 18.4" | — | 60W USB-C at every seat | 13.3-inch 4K personal screen | Excellent |
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 (6 seats: 1A, 1D, 11A, 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.
- No underseat storage (20 seats: 1A, 1B, 1C, and 17 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 Emirates' A350-900 have in this configuration?
- 294 seats in total, arranged as J/W/Y. This is one specific configuration — Emirates' fleet may include other configurations of the same aircraft type, covered below.
- Is this the only cabin layout Emirates flies on the A350-900?
- No — Emirates 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.
- Does the A350-900 have wifi and power in this configuration?
- Business Class has excellent wifi and 60W USB-C at every seat, plus wireless charging on the side table power at the seat. Power and wifi can vary by cabin on the same aircraft — check the cabin specs table above for every class.
- 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 Emirates flies on the A350-900
Other airlines flying the A350-900
- Air France A350-900 — Business, Premium Economy and Economy, original delivery cabinJ/J/W/Y/Y
- Air France A350-900 — Business, Premium Economy and Economy, "Best" cabin retrofitJ/W/Y/Y
- 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
Other aircraft Emirates flies
Data sources & verification
- Configuration last verified
- , against Emirates' 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 Emirates' 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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