Seating and stowage
A further view of 787-derived cabin features on the 747-8.
The 747-8 cabin showing its seating configuration and overhead bins.
The bins are the 787’s contribution. On the 777 the centre bins are built into the ceiling curve; on the 747-8 they are shaped to appear suspended from it, leaving the arch visible along the full length of the cabin.
Main deck seating is typically 3-4-3 in economy. Below the floor, the 747-8’s cargo capacity is a third greater than the 747-400’s — partly because the crew rest area moved upstairs.
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Inside the 747
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
Piano bars, swivel chairs and spiral staircases — what airlines put in the 747's upper deck before seat counts took it back.
Three staircases
Spiral, straight, then sweeping — the 747's stair to the upper deck changed three times, and each change was about floor area.
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.
Galleys and crew rest
Feeding 400 people and resting the crew that does it — the parts of a 747 cabin passengers never think about.
The 747-8 interior
The Boeing 747-8 cabin — 787-derived architecture, a curved staircase, larger windows, LED mood lighting and the VIP concepts.