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Lufthansa classic 747 seat maps

Lufthansa flew the first European 747 service in 1970 with a 361-seat -100, later operating a 389-seat three-class 747-200, before the 747-8.

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Lufthansa has flown the 747 longer than any other airline — from the first European 747 service in 1970 to the 747-8 Intercontinental it still operates. Its classic-era aircraft are covered here; the current aircraft has its own page.

The first European 747

Lufthansa ordered three 747-100s in 1966 and flew the first European 747 service, Frankfurt–New York, on 26 April 1970. The cabin carried about 361 seats — 28 First and 333 economy — with the upper-deck lounge of the early generation. Only three -100s were built for the airline; by 1979 they had been sold to Braniff and the fleet had moved to the -200. One of them, D-ABYB, was lost at Nairobi in 1974 in the first fatal accident involving a 747.

The -200 era

Lufthansa was the launch customer for the 747-200 and for the 747-200F freighter. The passenger -200 flew a three-class cabin in the late 1970s — 8 First, 51 business and 330 economy, or 389 seats in the documented D-ABYP configuration. Unlike the later -400, the classic -200 kept its upper deck as a lounge rather than a ticketed class. Lufthansa also operated -200M Combis and several -200F freighters, and skipped the 747-300 entirely, moving from the -200 to the -400 in 1989.

Fleet and fate

Lufthansa’s passenger -200s were retired by 2002; no classic -100 or -200 was preserved. The airline’s displayed jumbo is a later -400, D-ABTH, at the Technik Museum in Speyer, and its flying 747s today are the 747-8.

Cabin archive

Visual seat maps

Cabin zones run from the nose on the left to the tail on the right. Seat symbols show the typical abreast pattern, not every individual row.

Historical reconstruction1970

Lufthansa 747-100 launch layout

The first European 747 cabin: 28 First Class seats and 333 in economy, with the upper deck used as a lounge for premium passengers.

361passenger seats
Upper deckPremium lounge
First Class loungeUpper-deck break-out space
Main deckNose at left
First Class28 seats
Economy333 seats · 3-4-2 typical

Map note: Lufthansa ordered only three -100s (D-ABYA/B/C). The seat count is from a period seat chart; an alternative published figure of 365 seats exists, so treat 361 as the best-supported number rather than an exact one.

Configuration source: Enthusiast seat chart — "Jumbo evolution, the Lufthansa way"

Archived configuration1979

Lufthansa 747-200 layout

A three-class Lufthansa 747-200 of the late 1970s: 8 First, 51 business and 330 economy seats.

389passenger seats
Upper deckLounge, not a ticketed premium cabin on the -200
Upper-deck lounge
Main deckNose at left
First Class8 seats
Business Class51 seats
Economy330 seats · 3-4-2 typical

Map note: The figures are for D-ABYP, a -230B delivered in 1979 and retired in 2001. Lufthansa did not put a premium cabin on the classic -200's upper deck, so it remained a lounge or low-density space rather than a ticketed class.

Configuration source: Bolt Flight — Lufthansa 747-200 D-ABYP

Sources

Facts on this page are checked against the primary and institutional references below.

  1. Lufthansa 747-200 D-ABYP — Bolt Flight
  2. Jumbo evolution — the Lufthansa way (period seat chart) — Terbang di Awan Biru
  3. What happened to KLM's Boeing 747s? (Combi-era context) — Simple Flying

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