Seating layouts
Real 747 seat maps from four airlines, and what the upper deck meant for passengers.
Seat maps as the airlines actually configured them. A 747 is not one cabin but two, and where you sat mattered more on this aircraft than on most.
In this section
- British Airways — 747-400 maps by cabin
- Lufthansa 747-8 — both decks of the last passenger 747
- Singapore Airlines — the 747-412 across both decks
- United Airlines — international layout with lie-flat first class
Why the upper deck was different
Downstairs a 747 is a wide-body: usually 3-4-3 in economy, ten abreast, with two aisles.
Upstairs it is narrow and quiet — typically 3-3 in economy or 2-2 in first, in a cabin holding a few dozen people with its own galley and its own stair. Airlines used it for first or business class from the 747-300 onwards, and frequent flyers went out of their way to be in it.
On the earliest aircraft it was not a cabin at all but a lounge.
Where the seat count came from
The 747-8 Intercontinental seats 467 in three classes. The high-density Japanese domestic variants went far further: the 747-400D was certified for up to 660 passengers in a single-class layout, and the 747-300SR flew with more than 600.
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In this section
British Airways 747-400 seat maps
British Airways Boeing 747-400 seat maps by cabin — First, Club World, World Traveller Plus and World Traveller.
Lufthansa 747-8 seat maps
Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 seat maps for both decks — the launch customer and largest operator of the last passenger 747.
Singapore Airlines 747-412 seat map
Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-412 seat map across both decks, from a fleet of 93 — the third largest 747 operator ever.
United Airlines 747-400 seat map
United Airlines Boeing 747-400 international seat map, with a key to the symbols and the lie-flat first class bed.