The Shanghai Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner seats 285 passengers across 3 cabins. Every row below is rated on legroom, location and distance from galleys and lavatories.
Verified by John McKeanLast verified 7 July 2026Single source
Power · Wi-Fi · USB · Screen
No standout or problem seats in this cabin.
Power · Wi-Fi · USB · Screen
Power · Wi-Fi · USB · Screen
Avoid 39A, 39B, 39C, 39J, 39K, 39L, 40A, 40B, 40C, 40J, 40K, 40L, 41D, 41F, 41H (Immediately adjacent to lavatory (behind) — expect noise, odors, and queuing traffic); 40D, 40F, 40H (Near lavatory (behind) — some queuing traffic and noise); 61D, 61F, 61H (No underseat storage — bulkhead in front); 62D (Near lavatory (ahead) — some queuing traffic and noise); 72A, 72L (No window at this seat position — wall only)
The Shanghai Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner carries 285 passengers across Business + Premium Economy + Economy. Power and Wi-Fi are available on this aircraft. Every seat is 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 25D, 25H, 31A, 31B, 31C, 31D. Another 37 seats are rated best or good. Look for 25 extra-legroom seats for the most room.
Seats rated avoid on this map are 39A, 39B, 39C, 39J, 39K, 39L. Another 18 seats are rated avoid. These are usually the back rows near the galley and lavatories, or middle seats with no window or aisle.
Yes. The one-two-one cabin folds flat and gives every seat direct aisle access, with the window seats the private picks for solo travellers and the centre pairs the natural choice for couples. It is the strongest product the airline flies.
On this aircraft, yes, and it is a real cabin rather than a marketing name: a two-three-two layout with a wider seat, deeper recline and more pitch than economy. For an overnight sector it is the sensible middle if the business fare does not work.
The rows behind the bulkhead. The bulkhead row carries extra legroom but sits near a lavatory and a couple of its windows are misaligned, so the marked space comes with some traffic past it.
The bulkhead rows for marked legroom, then a window or aisle forward of the rear galleys. In a nine-abreast cabin, the centre block's middle seat is the one to plan your booking around avoiding.
A mid-cabin economy bulkhead window seat gives up real width to an exit-door box, one rear window position has no pane, and a few windows sit behind their seats. The deepest rows of each section take the galley and lavatory traffic. Every case is marked seat by seat.
30Business28Premium Economy227Economy285Total
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