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Thai Airways flew 26 Boeing 747s, with its 747-400s ending at 374 seats before retirement in 2024.

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Thai Airways International operated 26 Boeing 747s over roughly 36 years — five -200B, two -300 and 18 passenger -400s plus two freighters — making it one of the type’s longest-standing operators in Southeast Asia. Its aircraft flew the airline’s flagship long-haul routes to Europe and Australia, and its distinctive livery made it a fixture at the region’s airports.

The 747-400

Thai’s 747-400 entered service around 1990 in a three-class cabin of 389 seats — 14 Royal First, 50 Royal Silk and 325 economy — with the upper deck given to business class in a 2-2 layout. In 2011 the airline refurbished the type, fitting full-flat Royal First seats and new Royal Silk seats and reducing the total to 375. A second batch followed in 2012 with the First cabin cut to 9 seats and a final total of 374.

The classic 747s

Thai’s earlier 747-200 and 747-300 aircraft carried the usual premium arrangements of their generation, but no reliable published seat counts survive for those sub-fleets, so they are not reconstructed here.

Fleet and fate

Thai’s 747-400s were progressively retired from 2012, and the fleet was stored from March 2020. The airline held a formal retirement ceremony for the type in April 2024, ending more than four decades of 747 service. At least one airframe has been preserved in Thailand as a ground exhibit.

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 reconstruction1990–2010

Thai Airways 747-400 original layout

Thai's original three-class 747-400: 14 Royal First, 50 Royal Silk business and 325 economy seats.

389passenger seats
Upper deckRoyal Silk business class
Royal Silk2-2 typical
Main deckNose at left
Royal First14 seats · 2-2 typical
Royal Silk50 seats · 2-2 typical
Economy325 seats · 3-4-3 typical

Map note: Royal First was two abreast in the nose, and Royal Silk business class was split between the main deck and the upper deck in a 2-2 arrangement.

Configuration source: Seatmap.org — Thai Airways 747-400

Archived configuration2011–2012

Thai Airways 747-400 2011 retrofit

The 2011 refurbishment brought full-flat seats to both premium cabins: 10 Royal First, 40 Royal Silk and 325 economy.

375passenger seats
Upper deckRoyal Silk business class
Royal Silk2-2 typical
Main deckNose at left
Royal First10 seats · 2-2 typicalFull-flat seats
Royal Silk40 seats · 2-2 typical
Economy325 seats · 3-4-3 typical

Map note: Thai fitted new full-flat Royal First seats and Evolys Royal Silk seats, with the economy cabin unchanged at 325.

Configuration source: Aircraft Interiors International — Thai Airways 747-400

Archived configuration2012–2024

Thai Airways 747-400 final layout

Thai's final cabin, with the Royal First cabin reduced to 9 seats, 40 in Royal Silk and 325 in economy.

374passenger seats
Upper deckRoyal Silk business class
Royal Silk2-2 typical
Main deckNose at left
Royal First9 seats · 2-2 typical
Royal Silk40 seats · 2-2 typical
Economy325 seats · 3-4-3 typical

Map note: The second retrofit batch cut Royal First from 10 to 9 seats and kept the 40-seat Royal Silk and 325-seat economy cabins.

Configuration source: Aircraft Interiors International — Thai Airways 747-400

Sources

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

  1. Thai Airways Boeing 747-400 seat map — Seatmap.org
  2. Thai Airways 747-400 cabin feature — Aircraft Interiors International
  3. Thai Airways retires its last Boeing 747 — Airways Magazine
  4. Thai Airways 747 fleet history — PlaneLogger

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