The door 2 entryway
A Boeing 747-8 entryway interior concept.
The entryway at door 2 on the 747-8 — for most passengers, the first part of the aircraft they see.
This is the area Boeing spent disproportionate design effort on, because it is where boarding passengers form an impression of the cabin. It is also where the staircase to the upper deck begins. On the 747-300 and -400 that stair is straight and narrow; the 747-8 replaced it with a curved, sweeping one, and extended the window line to where it meets the upper deck.
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How the 747 cabin changed — upper-deck lounges and spiral stairs on the early aircraft, a 787-derived cabin on the last ones.
When the hump was a bar
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Three staircases
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First class on the 747
Sleeper seats, upper-deck cabins and lie-flat beds — how the 747 carried the front of the aircraft for fifty years.
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The 747-8 interior
The Boeing 747-8 cabin — 787-derived architecture, a curved staircase, larger windows, LED mood lighting and the VIP concepts.