Xiamen Airlines
Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737-800 seat map (single class)
All-Economy, 184 seats (Xiamen Air Layout C)
737-800economy184 seats
What we could not settle on this aircraft
Xiamen Airlines publishes three different Boeing 737-800 cabins and names them Layout A, Layout B and Layout C. This is Layout C: 184 Economy seats at 30 inches of pitch and no Business cabin at all, with the overwing exits at rows 54 and 55. Layouts A and B carry 8 Business seats and 164 or 170 seats in total. Xiamen does not say which of its 737-800s flies which layout. Note also that row 55 is a short row on this layout: Xiamen draws it with four seats rather than six, missing the two window seats, which is exactly the two seats that separate 184 from the 186 that thirty-one full rows would give.
Read off the airline’s own published seat map or fleet data.
About this cabin
Xiamen Airlines' 737-800 in this configuration seats 184 (Y/Y/Y). This layout is verified against the airline's own published materials, dated within the last six months. Xiamen Airlines flies 3 different cabins on the 737-800 — 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 | 55B | 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 | 55B | 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 | 55B | Genuine extra legroom that also still reclines — not every extra-legroom seat does. |
| Trying to sleep | 43A | A window seat away from galley and lavatory traffic, so aisle lights and trolley passes are less likely to wake you. |
Seat map
Economy Class
Economy Class spans rows 41–71 in a 3-3 layout, 30in pitch. Worth avoiding: 71C, 71J, 42C, 42J — seat doesn't recline.
Cabin specs
| Cabin | Pitch | Width | Recline | Power | IFE | Wifi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economy Class | 30" | — | — | — | — | — |
Seats to avoid
| Seat | Cabin | Why to avoid it |
|---|---|---|
| 71C | Economy Class | 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. |
| 71J | Economy Class | 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. |
| 42C | Economy Class | A galley is directly next to you, so expect crew activity, cart noise and light throughout the flight, especially during meal service. |
| 42J | Economy Class | A galley is directly next to you, so expect crew activity, cart noise and light throughout the flight, especially during meal service. |
Known quirks on this aircraft
- Seat doesn't recline (18 seats: 53A, 53B, 53C, and 15 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 (14 seats: 41C, 41J, 42C, and 11 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 (16 seats: 41A, 41B, 41C, and 13 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 Xiamen Airlines' 737-800 have in this configuration?
- 184 seats in total, arranged as Y/Y/Y. This is one specific configuration — Xiamen Airlines' fleet may include other configurations of the same aircraft type, covered below.
- Is this the only cabin layout Xiamen Airlines flies on the 737-800?
- No — Xiamen Airlines flies 3 different cabin layouts on the 737-800 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 71C in Economy Class 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 "verified" — every section and row range confirmed against the airline's own current published material. 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 Xiamen Airlines flies on the 737-800
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
- 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
- Ryanair 737-800 — Standard Economy, single classY/Y
Other aircraft Xiamen Airlines flies
Data sources & verification
- Configuration last verified
- , against Xiamen Airlines' 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.
- 3 sources cited
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