Kenya Airways
Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800 seat map (two class)
Premier World and Economy on the Boeing 737-800
737-800business class and economy142 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.
Kenya Airways publishes 145 seats for this aircraft; this map draws 142. Kenya Airways states 145 seats: 16 Premier World and 129 Economy. Premier World divides exactly into four rows of four and is drawn in full. 129 economy seats do not divide into whole rows of six, and Kenya Airways publishes no diagram showing which row is short — most plausibly a taper near the rear galley, a common 737 tail-cone feature — so this map draws 21 full rows and leaves the remaining three seats off.
What we could not settle on this aircraft
Kenya Airways' own aircraft page says this 737-800 holds 16 Premier World seats and 129 Economy — 145 in all. Premier World is drawn in full, four rows of four. The 129 Economy seats do not divide into whole rows of six, so there is at least one short row near the back, and Kenya Airways publishes no seat map and no row numbers for it. We draw the 21 full rows, 126 Economy seats, and leave three off the map. For the same reason the rear door is marked as an unconfirmed position rather than pinned to a row.
Worked out from sourced data rather than read directly off a published map.
About this cabin
Kenya Airways' 737-800 in this configuration seats 142 (J/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. Kenya Airways flies only this one cabin layout on the 737-800 — no version lottery on this type.
Quick pick, by traveller
| If you're… | Pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Travelling solo | 3A | 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 | 3A | 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 | 5A | Genuine extra legroom that also still reclines — not every extra-legroom seat does. |
| Trying to sleep | 3A | A window seat away from galley and lavatory traffic, so aisle lights and trolley passes are less likely to wake you. |
Seat map
Premier World (business class)
Premier World spans rows 1–4 in a 2-2 layout, 47in pitch and 21in seat width. Worth avoiding: 1B, 1C, 1A, 1D — next to lavatory.
Economy
Economy spans rows 5–25 in a 3-3 layout. Worth avoiding: 25C, 25D — seat doesn't recline.
Cabin specs
| Cabin | Pitch | Width | Recline | Power | IFE | Wifi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier World | 47" | 21" | — | — | — | — |
| Economy | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Seats to avoid
| Seat | Cabin | Why to avoid it |
|---|---|---|
| 1B | Premier World | The lavatory is directly next to you, so expect people queueing in the aisle and door noise, especially on a night flight. |
| 1C | Premier World | The lavatory is directly next to you, so expect people queueing in the aisle and door noise, especially on a night flight. |
| 1A | Premier World | The lavatory is directly next to you, so expect people queueing in the aisle and door noise, especially on a night flight. |
| 1D | Premier World | The lavatory is directly next to you, so expect people queueing in the aisle and door noise, especially on a night flight. |
| 25C | 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. |
| 25D | 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 (10 seats: 4A, 4B, 4C, and 7 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.
- High foot traffic (6 seats: 1B, 1C, 2B, and 3 more) — 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 (10 seats: 1A, 1B, 1C, and 7 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 Kenya Airways' 737-800 have in this configuration?
- 142 seats in total, arranged as J/Y. This is one specific configuration — Kenya Airways' fleet may include other configurations of the same aircraft type, covered below.
- Is this the only cabin layout Kenya Airways flies on the 737-800?
- Yes, as far as we can determine — Kenya Airways flies only this one cabin layout on the 737-800. There's no "version lottery" to worry about on this specific type for this airline.
- Which seats should I avoid?
- Seat 1B in Premier World is worth avoiding: The lavatory is directly next to you, so expect people queueing in the aisle and door noise, especially on a night 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 airlines flying the 737-800
- El Al Israel Airlines 737-800 — Business and Economy on the Boeing 737-800J/Y/Y
- Norwegian Air Shuttle 737-800 — Standard Economy, single class (186-seat)Y
- Xiamen Airlines 737-800 — Business and Economy, 170 seats (Xiamen Air Layout B)J/Y
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 737-800 — Europe Business Class and Economy, two-classJ/Y
- Jet2.com 737-800 — Standard Economy, single classY/Y
- Egyptair 737-800 — Business and Economy on the Boeing 737-800 (pre-refurbishment cabin)J/Y
- Ethiopian Airlines 737-800 — Cloud Nine and Economy on the Boeing 737-800J/Y
- Royal Air Maroc 737-800 — Business and Economy, standard configuration (12C/147Y)J/Y/Y/Y
Data sources & verification
- Configuration last verified
- , against Kenya Airways' 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 — 100% of aircraft on this type carry this cabin.
- Seat lettering
- We haven't confirmed this cabin's exact seat letters against Kenya Airways' 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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