Lounge Frog guide

Hainan Airlines Airbus A330-300 (32 Business · 264 Economy) vs Korean Air Airbus A330-300 (272 seats, 24 Prestige · 248 Economy)

Hainan Airlines Airbus A330-300 (32 Business · 264 Economy) has 296 seats and Korean Air Airbus A330-300 (272 seats, 24 Prestige · 248 Economy) has 272.

Cabins side by side

Cabin	Seats	Rows	Layout	Seat	Pitch	Width
Hainan Airlines · 32 Business · 264 EconomyBusiness Class	32	11–20	2-4-2	Lie-flat bed	—	—
Hainan Airlines · 32 Business · 264 EconomyEconomy Class	264	31–64	2-4-2	Standard seat	—	—
Korean Air · 272 seats, 24 Prestige · 248 EconomyPrestige Class	24	1–9	2-2-2	Lie-flat bed	75 in	21 in
Korean Air · 272 seats, 24 Prestige · 248 EconomyEconomy Class	248	28–60	2-4-2	Standard seat	—	18.1 in

Hainan Airlines Airbus A330-300 (32 Business · 264 Economy)

296 seats: 3 good, 18 mixed, 9 to avoid

Best seats

Row 11, seat E (Business Class): business centre pair in the front row.
Row 12, seat A (Business Class): business seat right against the window.
Row 48, seat A (Economy Class): exit row behind the mid-cabin door.

Seats to avoid

Row 47, seats A, C, E, F, G, H and K (Economy Class): next to a lavatory, with queues, noise and flushing
Row 47, seat D (Economy Class): in front of the mid-cabin lavatories.
Row 63, seat A (Economy Class): last full side row, by the rear lavatories.

Korean Air Airbus A330-300 (272 seats, 24 Prestige · 248 Economy)

272 seats: 35 good, 19 mixed, 10 to avoid

Best seats

Row 1, seat A (Prestige Class): front-row Prestige window pair.
Row 8, seat D (Prestige Class): centre Prestige pair with aisle access on both sides.
Row 28, seat A (Economy Class): extra Legroom window pair at the front of Economy.
Row 29, seats A, B, C, D, E and F (Economy Class): marked Economy front-zone preferred seat

Seats to avoid

Row 45, seat C (Economy Class): directly in front of the mid-cabin lavatories.
Row 45, seats D, E and F (Economy Class): next to a lavatory, with queues, noise and flushing
Row 60, seat A (Economy Class): last row, in front of the rear lavatory.
Row 60, seats B, D, E, G and H (Economy Class): next to a lavatory, with queues, noise and flushing