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Icelandair Boeing 737 MAX 8 (160 seats) vs Hainan Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 (8 Business · 168 Economy)

Icelandair Boeing 737 MAX 8 (160 seats) has 160 seats and Hainan Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 (8 Business · 168 Economy) has 176.

Cabins side by side

CabinSeatsRowsLayoutSeatPitchWidth
Icelandair · 160 seatsSaga Premium
161–42-2Recliner40 in20.5 in
Icelandair · 160 seatsEconomy
1445–283-3Recliner31 in17.2 in
Hainan Airlines · 8 Business · 168 EconomyBusiness Class
811–122-2Recliner——
Hainan Airlines · 8 Business · 168 EconomyEconomy Class
16831–583-3Standard seat——

Icelandair Boeing 737 MAX 8 (160 seats)

160 seats: 16 good, 12 mixed, 12 to avoid

Best seats

  • Rows 2–4, seats A and F (Saga Premium): saga Premium window seat: wider seat with 40 inches of pitch, away from the front galley and lavatory.
  • Rows 2–4, seats C and D (Saga Premium): saga Premium aisle seat: 40 inches of pitch and easy to get up without climbing past anyone.
  • Row 13, seats A, C, D and F (Economy): exit row 13: extra legroom with full recline likely, but you must be willing and able to help in an emergency.

Seats to avoid

  • Row 11, seats A, B, C, D, E and F (Economy): row in front of the overwing exits: recline is likely limited (Icelandair's drawing doesn't say), with no exit-row legroom of its own.
  • Row 28, seats A, B, C, D, E and F (Economy): last row of the aircraft, against the rear lavatories Icelandair draws on both sides: recline is likely limited and the queue forms beside you.

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Hainan Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 (8 Business · 168 Economy)

176 seats: 13 good, 9 mixed, 6 to avoid

Best seats

  • Row 11, seat A (Business Class): front-row Business window seat.
  • Row 41, seat A (Economy Class): first overwing exit row.
  • Row 41, seats B, C, H, J and K (Economy Class): exit row with extra legroom
  • Row 42, seats A, B, H, J and K (Economy Class): exit row with extra legroom

Seats to avoid

  • Row 58, seat A (Economy Class): last row, in front of the rear lavatories.
  • Row 58, seats B, C, H, J and K (Economy Class): next to a lavatory, with queues, noise and flushing

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