Air Transat A330 Seat Selection Guide (2026)

Air Transat A330 Club Class cabin with dark blue leather seats

Air Transat sells every widebody as "A330". Behind that single booking code sit three genuinely different aircraft, and the gap between the best and the worst is wider than on almost any other transatlantic operator. Club Class is the constant — 12 seats, 2-2-2 recliner, 38" pitch, identical on all three. Economy is where the lottery bites: the A330-300 is 2-4-2 with 18-inch seats; both A330-200s are 3-3-3 with 16.5-inch seats. This guide maps all three, row by row.

✈️ Quick Verdict

In Club, take a centre pair — 1D/1G or 2D/2G — for direct aisle access, and avoid 1A/1C on the -300. In Economy the seat you actually want depends on which aircraft turns up: row 4 on the 329-seat -200, row 14 on the 345-seat -200, and 4A/4C or 37A/37C on the -300. Row 14 is the best row on one A330-200 and one of the worst on the other — check your aircraft first.

Quick Reference

AircraftAirbus A330-200 and A330-300
FleetRoughly 13 A330-200s and 2 A330-300s
ConfigurationsThree distinct cabins: 329-seat -200, 345-seat -200, 346-seat -300
Club Class12 seats, 2-2-2 recliner, 38" pitch, 22" wide — identical on all three
Economy layout3-3-3 on both A330-200s · 2-4-2 on the A330-300
Version lotteryYes — the biggest one in the Air Transat fleet
Best Economy seats-300: 37A/37C/37H/37K and 4A/4C/4H/4K · -200 (345): row 14, all nine seats · -200 (329): row 4 and 6A/6K
Seats to avoid-200 (329): row 14 A/B/C/H/J/K and rows 29–30 · -200 (345): row 32 entirely · -300: 1A/1C in Club, rows 50–53
IFESeatback on-demand — 12" screen in Club, 8.9" in Economy
PowerUSB-A only — no AC outlet, no wireless charging, no Bluetooth audio
WiFiNot fitted on the A330 fleet

The Version Lottery: Three Cabins, One Booking Code

⚠️ Cabin Version Alert

Air Transat's booking engine will not tell you which A330 you are getting. Club Class is identical across all three, so there is no lottery risk up front — but in Economy the difference between an A330-300 and an A330-200 is an inch and a half of shoulder room per person and a completely different seat-pair geometry.

The A330-300 is the one you want

The single most important fact in this guide: the A330-300 has a 2-4-2 Economy cabin with 18-inch-wide seats. Both A330-200s have 3-3-3 Economy with 16.5-inch seats.

That is an inch and a half of extra shoulder room per seat, plus a layout where a party of two gets a true window pair with no stranger beside them, and a party of four gets a self-contained centre block. The -300's seats also recline 5 inches against 3 inches on the -200s, and add a hammock-style adjustable headrest and a retractable table.

Nine-abreast on an A330 is a genuinely tight fit. Eight-abreast is the layout the aircraft was designed around. If you have any control over which aircraft you fly, take the -300. The catch: Air Transat operates only around two A330-300s against roughly thirteen -200s, so the odds are against you.

The two A330-200s are not the same either

A330-200 (329 seats) A330-200 (345 seats)
Club1212
Economy317333
Economy rows4–474–50
Layout / pitch3-3-3 · 32"3-3-3 · 32"
Best Economy rowRow 4 (bulkhead, all six seats good)Row 14 (full width, extra legroom)
Bulkhead row 4Genuinely goodCramped — extra legroom but a narrow, awkward shell
Rows without windows17A / 17K19A / 19K, and 15A / 15K partially
Seats flagged "avoid"2841

The 345-seat version squeezes in sixteen more Economy seats over three extra rows, and it shows: it carries almost 50% more problem seats than its sister. Row 32 on that aircraft is the single worst row in the fleet — all nine seats sit directly against a lavatory bank.

Cabin features side by side

A330-200 (329) A330-200 (345) A330-300 (346)
Club seatSafran Z535i 2-2-2Safran Z535i 2-2-22-2-2 recliner
Club pitch / width38" / 22"38" / 22"38" / 22"
Club recline8" forward-articulating8" forward-articulating7"
Economy seatGeven Piuma C7Geven Piuma C7Zim EC01
Economy layout3-3-33-3-32-4-2
Economy pitch32"32"31–33"
Economy width16.5"16.5"18"
Economy recline3"3"5"
Economy screen8.9"8.9"8.9" HD
Headrest4-way adjustable4-way adjustable4-way + hammock
PowerUSB-AUSB-AUSB-A

Club Class

Twelve seats in two rows of 2-2-2. This is a recliner, not a lie-flat bed, and not a direct competitor to Air Canada Signature or BA Club World on the same routes — it is a premium-economy-plus product at 38" pitch with 22" width and a footrest. Seat letters run A · C | D · G | J · K.

✅ Best Club seats

1D/1G and 2D/2G — the centre pairs. Both seats in each centre pair have direct aisle access with nobody to climb over, which on a six-abreast recliner cabin is the closest thing to a solo seat available.

Window pairs 2A/2C and 2J/2K are next best — good window alignment and no lavatory adjacency on any configuration.

🚫 Club seats to avoid

On the A330-300 only: 1A and 1C are the worst Club seats in the fleet. A lavatory sits immediately ahead of the row-1 window pair on the left side — door noise, queue traffic and odour for the whole flight, in a twelve-seat cabin you cannot move away from. 1D is also affected, less severely. On both A330-200s, row 1 is clean. This is the one place where the -300 is the worse aircraft: if you are in Club on a -300, take row 2.

Club at a glance

  • Pitch 38", width 22", recline 7–8"
  • Forward-articulating recline on the A330-200s — the seat pan slides forward as the back goes down, so you don't intrude on the passenger behind
  • 12" seatback touchscreen, on-demand
  • Aisle-side armrest is two-way adjustable; the window-side armrest is fixed
  • No privacy doors, no Bluetooth pairing, no wireless charging, no personal air vent
  • Direct aisle access for 4 of 12 seats (33%)

Economy — A330-200, 329-seat version

317 Economy seats, rows 4 to 47, 3-3-3 at 32" pitch and 16.5" width. Seat letters run A · B · C | D · F · G | H · J · K — Air Transat skips E entirely on this layout.

✅ Best seats

Best pick: row 4 — 4A, 4B, 4C, 4H, 4J, 4K. The front bulkhead row and the standout on this configuration. Six seats only (there is no centre block in row 4), extra legroom, and unlike the equivalent row on the 345-seat sister it is not a cramped shell. Travelling as a pair? 4A/4B or 4J/4K.

Best windows: 6A/6K, 8A/8K, 36A/36K, 38A/38K, 40A/40K, 42A/42K, 44A/44K, 46A/46K. These are the rows where the window lines up cleanly with the seat rather than falling between two rows.

Row 34 aisle seats 34B and 34J get exit-row legroom without the lavatory adjacency that ruins 34D/34F/34G.

🚫 Seats to avoid

Worst row on the aircraft: row 14 — 14A, 14B, 14C, 14H, 14J, 14K. Backs directly onto the forward lavatory bank. It looks tempting because it is flagged as extra legroom, but the trade is severe: no underseat storage, the tray table lives in the armrest so the seat itself is narrower, and you sit beside the lavatory doors for the entire crossing.

Rows 29 and 30 sit against the mid-cabin lavatories — every seat in row 30 is compromised. These rows are also only 2-3-2, so the cabin narrows without getting any more comfortable.

12D, 12G, 13D and 13G. Rows 9 to 13 are centre-block-only, flanked by the door-2 lavatories, and these four sit directly against a lavatory door. 12F and 13F are the least bad of the six.

17A and 17K have no window — a blank wall panel. If you are booking a window seat for the view, skip row 17.

34D, 34F and 34G — exit-row centre block against a lavatory with no underseat storage. 34A and 34K lose 65–70% of the seat width to the L3/R3 exit door about 20 inches ahead.

Layout quirks worth knowing

  • Rows 3, 11, 31, 32 and 33 are not fitted
  • Rows 9, 10, 12 and 13 are centre-block only — the side positions are lavatories and the door-2 exits
  • Rows 29–30 and 42–47 are 2-3-2, not 3-3-3
  • Armrests are fixed (they don't lift) in rows 4, 12 and 34, and at 14ABC and 14HJK — relevant if you're travelling with a child or want to stretch across an empty seat

Economy — A330-200, 345-seat version

333 Economy seats, rows 4 to 50, 3-3-3 at 32" pitch and 16.5" width. Same letters: A · B · C | D · F · G | H · J · K.

✅ Best seats

Best pick: row 14 — all nine seats. The best Economy row on either A330-200. Full nine-abreast width, extra legroom, and — unusually for an extra-legroom row on this aircraft — no lavatory next door and no bulkhead compromise. If you can only book one row on this configuration, book this one.

Best windows: 17A/17K, 38A/38K, 40A/40K, 42A/42K, 44A/44K, 46A/46K, 48A/48K.

🚫 Seats to avoid

Worst row in the entire Air Transat fleet: row 32 — every single seat. All nine positions sit directly against the mid-cabin lavatory bank. There is no good seat in this row.

Row 31 window and aisle triples — 31A/B/C and 31H/J/K — are equally against the lavatories. 31D and 31G are marginal; 31F is the only tolerable seat in the row.

Rows 6 and 7 window/aisle triples — 6A/B/C, 6H/J/K, 7A/B/C and 7H/J/K sit against the forward lavatory bank. A quirk of this configuration specifically: on the 329-seat version, rows 6 and 7 are clean.

Row 4 is a trap on this aircraft. Unlike the 329-seat version, row 4 here is a cramped bulkhead: extra legroom on paper, but a narrow shell, no underseat storage and the tray table in the armrest. It will look like a premium row when you're choosing seats. It isn't.

19A and 19K have no window at all. 15A and 15K have poor window alignment.

8D/8G, 9D/9G, 10D/10G — centre-only rows behind the forward galley, directly against lavatory doors. 36D, 36F and 36G — exit-row centre block against a lavatory, no underseat storage; 36A and 36K lose part of the footwell to the L3/R3 exit door. Row 50 is the last row: centre-block only, against the aft galley and lavatories.

Layout quirks

  • Rows 3, 11, 12, 13, 34 and 35 are not fitted
  • Rows 8, 9, 10, 33 and 50 are centre-block only
  • Rows 44–49 are 2-3-2
  • Armrests are fixed in rows 4 and 36, and at the row-14 outer triples

Economy — A330-300

334 Economy seats, rows 4 to 53, 2-4-2 at 31–33" pitch and 18" width. Seat letters run A · C | D · E · F · G | H · K.

This is the best Economy cabin Air Transat operates and it isn't close. Eight-abreast on an A330 gives you an 18-inch seat instead of 16.5, a 5-inch recline instead of 3, and a layout that actually suits how people travel: pairs get a true two-seat window pair, families of four get the centre block to themselves.

✅ Best seats

Best for couples: 4A/4C and 4H/4K. Front bulkhead, extra legroom, only four seats in the row, and a genuine two-seat pair with nobody beside you.

Best for a family of four: 5D/5E/5F/5G. The centre block in row 5 gets extra legroom and keeps your group self-contained with two aisles either side.

Best legroom without the bulkhead penalty: 37A/37C and 37H/37K. Row 37 is the rear exit row — full recline where the bulkhead rows give you none of the underseat storage.

🚫 Seats to avoid

Rows 50 to 53 — the rear centre-only block, wedged against the aft lavatories and galley. Every seat there is compromised.

Row 36 is a centre-only bulkhead row jammed against the mid-cabin lavatory bank — the worst extra-legroom trade on the aircraft.

19A and 19K have no window. And in Club, 1A and 1C — see above.

Layout quirks

  • Rows 3, 11, 12, 13, 34 and 35 are not fitted
  • Row 4 is 2-0-2 — no centre block
  • Rows 14 and 37 are the exit rows
  • Armrests are fixed in rows 4, 14 and 36, and at 37A/37C and 37H/37K

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Air Transat's Club Class lie-flat?

No. Club Class is a recliner at 38" pitch and 22" width with a footrest and roughly 7–8 inches of recline, in a 2-2-2 layout. It is closer to a good premium economy than to a business class bed. The product is identical across all three A330 configurations, so there is no lottery risk in Club — with one exception: on the A330-300, seats 1A and 1C sit directly behind a lavatory.

Which Air Transat A330 has the most comfortable Economy?

The A330-300, clearly. It has a 2-4-2 Economy cabin with 18-inch-wide seats and 5 inches of recline. Both A330-200s are 3-3-3 with 16.5-inch seats and 3 inches of recline. The difference is roughly an inch and a half of shoulder room per person plus a much better seat-pair geometry. Air Transat operates only around two -300s, so you cannot count on getting one.

What are the best seats in Air Transat Economy?

It depends on the configuration. On the A330-300, 4A/4C and 4H/4K for couples and 5D/E/F/G for a family of four. On the 345-seat A330-200, row 14 — all nine seats. On the 329-seat A330-200, row 4. The trap to know about: row 14 is the best row on one A330-200 and one of the worst on the other.

Which Air Transat A330 seats should I avoid?

Row 32 on the 345-seat A330-200 is the worst row in the fleet — all nine seats sit against a lavatory bank. On the 329-seat A330-200, avoid the row 14 outer triples and rows 29–30. On the A330-300, avoid rows 50 to 53 and row 36 entirely, plus 1A/1C in Club. Across all three, 17A/17K, 19A/19K and 15A/15K are window seats with no usable window.

Does Air Transat have WiFi on the A330?

WiFi is not fitted on the A330 fleet. All three configurations have seatback on-demand entertainment — a 12-inch screen in Club and 8.9 inches in Economy — and USB-A charging at every seat, but no AC power outlet, no wireless charging and no Bluetooth headphone pairing. Bring a wired headset and a charged power bank.

Is Option Plus worth it for seat selection?

Option Plus bundles seat selection with an extra bag and airport priority. Whether it pays depends on the aircraft: on the A330-300 the difference between a good and a bad seat is significant but the cabin is broadly comfortable, so paying purely for position matters less. On the 345-seat A330-200 — where 41 of 333 Economy seats are flagged as problem seats and row 32 is unusable — choosing your seat is worth a lot more. Check which aircraft you're on first, then decide.

How many A330s does Air Transat operate?

Around thirteen A330-200s and two A330-300s, making the -200 overwhelmingly the more likely aircraft. The fleet averages roughly 19–21 years old and Air Transat has signalled a replacement window of 2029–2032, with no successor type chosen yet.

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