The Air Tahiti Nui Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner seats 294 passengers across 3 cabins. Seats below are rated on legroom, recline, window view and how close they sit to the galleys and lavatories.
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Avoid 19A, 19B, 19K, 19L and 33E (near bassinet position), 26A, 26B, 26K, 26L, 27D, 27E, 27F, 31C, 31J, 43J, 43K, 43L, 44F, 45E and 46D (near lavatory) and 27A, 27B, 27C, 27J, 27K, 27L, row 28, 44J, 44K, 44L, 45F, 46E and 46F (immediately adjacent to lavatory).
The Air Tahiti Nui Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner carries 294 passengers across Business + Premium Economy + Economy. Seats are rated below, so you can see which have the legroom, the window alignment and the quiet — and which sit next to a galley or lavatory.
The seats rated best on this map are 10C, 10D, 10F, 18C, 18J, 32E. Another 72 seats are rated best or good. The map marks 25 seats with extra legroom.
Seats rated avoid on this map are 19A, 19B, 19K, 19L, 26A, 26B. Another 35 seats are rated avoid. These are usually the back rows near the galley and lavatories, or middle seats with no window or aisle.
Poerava is the lie-flat business cabin at the nose, Moana is a dedicated premium economy behind it with a wider seat and more recline, and the main economy cabin fills the rest of the aircraft. All three fly the same Papeete routes to Los Angeles and Paris.
On a route this long it makes a strong case. Moana carries more width, recline and legroom than economy at a fraction of the business fare, and across an eight-hour-plus leg that difference changes how you arrive. It is the value pick if a lie-flat is out of reach.
Choose a forward economy row for a calmer cabin and a quicker exit, and a seat ahead of the wing for the steadiest ride. Window seats get the 787 dimming windows, so you control the light over the long daylight stretch. The back rows by the rear galleys stay busy on an overnight.
The Dreamliner suits ultra-long thin sectors: a lower cabin altitude, larger dimming windows and a quieter ride than the older widebodies it replaced. On a leg that can run well over eight hours in the air, those things matter more than they would on a short hop.
