British Airways A321ceo Seat Map & Best Seats (2026)

British Airways flies two versions of the A321 and they are almost the same size: 218 seats on the ceo, 220 on the neo. Two seats apart, and otherwise a different aircraft, a different base and a different cabin. This guide covers the ceo — the eleven-aircraft EuroFlyer fleet at Gatwick.

Two rows on this aircraft have no window seats at all

Rows 9 and 23 are the overwing exit rows, and on this airframe the doors stand exactly where the A and F seats would be. Both rows have four seats instead of six: B, C, D and E only.

That produces the most unusual seats in the cabin. 23B, 23C, 23D and 23E all have extra legroom, and because the door occupies the window position, 23B and 23E have no seat beside them at all — open space on one side, the aisle on the other, and the spare underseat storage is yours. On a 218-seat short-haul Airbus, that is a genuinely rare arrangement. 9B, 9C, 9D and 9E get the same treatment up in Club Europe.

The price is real and worth knowing: no underseat storage — a bulkhead sits in front — and the tray table lives in the armrest, which makes the seat itself a little narrower.

16A and 16F: window seats with no window

Two rows into Euro Traveller, 16A and 16F have no usable window — blank fuselage where the window should be. They are ordinary-looking window seats near the front of the cabin, which is exactly the part of the map people reach for first.

Three more window pairs sit behind their windows rather than beside them: 15A/15F, 29A/29F and 34A/34F. Lean back to see out of any of those.

The clean window pairs, where the glass lines up properly with the seat, are rows 27, 30 and 35. If you want a view and are not chasing legroom, those are the three rows to aim at.

Club Europe: rows 1–14, capped at 56 seats

The usual European arrangement — a 3-3 economy seat with the middle left empty and a curtain that BA moves with demand, capped at fourteen rows and 56 sold seats. On a quiet day the curtain sits well forward and the rear rows are sold as Euro Traveller.

• Best in Club Europe: 8A / 8F and 10A / 10F. Well-aligned windows, clear of the galley, and clear of the row 9 exit break.
• 9B, 9C, 9D and 9E are the open-sided exit seats — direct aisle access with nobody to climb over. Good if you value space around you more than a window, since there is no window seat in that row at all.
• Row 1 takes the tray in the armrest across all six seats, and 1C picks up a little extra foot room from a partial bulkhead on its right. 1A and 1F do have good windows.

The back: row 37 collects everything

Row 37 is the last row and it fails on every count at once: no recline with the wall behind, a lavatory immediately aft with 37B, 37C and 37D right against the door, and no window at 37A or 37F. Five of its six seats rate as seats to avoid.

Row 36 backs onto the same rear galley at 36C through 36F. Row 35 is the last genuinely good row — and 35A and 35F are among the three clean window pairs in the cabin.

One more to note: 22B and 22E lose some recline, because row 23's exit path behind them has to stay clear. 22A and 22F are unaffected — there is no seat behind them to recline into.

The version lottery: ceo at Gatwick, neo at Heathrow

BA's two A321 types are close enough in size to be confusing and far enough apart in practice to matter.

How to tell which one you are on

Look at rows 9 and 23 on the seat map. On the A321ceo both are four-seat rows with no A and no F — you will see the gap at the windows. On the A321neo both are ordinary full rows of six. It is the single cleanest tell BA offers on any of its short-haul types, and you can check it on the booking screen before you pay for anything.

The row count will not help you — both aircraft run rows 1 to 37 with Club Europe ending at row 14. The seat totals are two apart. Rows 9 and 23 are the tell.

Quick picks by traveller

Frequently asked questions

What are the best seats on the British Airways A321ceo?

It depends what you are optimising for. For legroom, 24A and 24F: row 23 has no A or F seat — the overwing doors take those positions — so they face an empty row and carry a full extra row's worth of space. For space beside you, 23B and 23E have no neighbouring seat at all. All of those lose underseat storage and take the tray in the armrest, so if you want a window seat with no compromises at all, take 27A/27F, 30A/30F or 35A/35F instead — ordinary pitch, but properly aligned windows and nothing against them.

Why do rows 9 and 23 only have four seats?

The overwing emergency exits sit in the A and F positions on those two rows, so there are no window seats there — only B, C, D and E. It is specific to the A321ceo; BA's A321neo has full six-seat rows at 9 and 23, which makes it the best way to tell the two aircraft apart.

Which seats have no window?

16A, 16F, 37A and 37F have no usable window. A further three pairs — 15A/15F, 29A/29F and 34A/34F — have the window set behind the seat. Rows 27, 30 and 35 are the window pairs that line up properly.

What is BA EuroFlyer?

It is British Airways' Gatwick-based short-haul subsidiary, flying under the BA code and selling Club Europe and Euro Traveller in the usual way. It operates this A321ceo fleet along with eight A320s; the A321neos and most of the A320 family fly from Heathrow instead.

Does the A321ceo have seatback screens or WiFi?

No seatback screens — BA does not fit them to its short-haul Airbus fleet. There is Inmarsat EAN satellite WiFi at 10–40 Mbps across all eleven aircraft.

How many Club Europe seats are there really?

Up to 56. Rows 1–14 hold 82 physical seats, but the middle of each three is never sold and the dividing curtain moves with demand, so the number actually sold as Club Europe varies flight to flight and is capped at fourteen rows.