Air China Boeing 747-8 seat map
Seat map
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- — Capital Pavilion Business seat that reclines to a fully flat bed, with direct aisle access
- — Rear-most centre seats — limited recline and next to the tail galley and lavatories (noise and queueing).
- Bassinet rows: 1, 11, 31, 38, 48, and 80
- 20 seats without under-seat storage
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How we rate seats →Best & worst seats
Our rating engine's picks for this cabin layout — see any seat's full reasoning in the map above.
Best seats
- 12A, 12L, 13A, 13L, 14A, 14L — Capital Pavilion Business seat that reclines to a fully flat bed, with direct aisle access
Worth knowing
- 64D, 64E, 64F — Rear-most centre seats — limited recline and next to the tail galley and lavatories (noise and queueing).
Seat guide
Cabin-by-cabin guidance generated from the verified layout records behind this map — which seats the ratings favor, which to think twice about, and the rows worth knowing about before you pick.
Air China Business Class (Capital Pavilion)
Best seats
- 12A, 12L, 13A, 13L, 14A, 14L, 15A, 15L, 12C, 12J, 13C, 13J — Capital Pavilion Business seat that reclines to a fully flat bed, with direct aisle access
- Bassinet rows: 11
Air China First Class (Forbidden Pavilion)
Best seats
- 2A, 2L, 3A, 3L — Air China Forbidden Pavilion First Class — a private suite that converts to a fully flat bed
- 1A, 1D, 1H, 1L, 2D, 2H, 3D, 3H — Air China Forbidden Pavilion First Class suite with a fully flat bed
- Bassinet rows: 1
- 2 seats without under-seat storage
Air China Premium Economy Class
Best seats
- 31A, 31B, 31C, 31J, 31K, 31L — Premium Economy bulkhead — extra legroom with no seat ahead
- 32A, 32B, 32C, 32D, 32E, 32F — Premium Economy — wider seat with legrest, footrest and more recline than Economy
- Bassinet rows: 31
- 6 seats without under-seat storage
Air China Economy Class
Best seats
- 38A, 38B, 38C, 38J, 38K, 38L, 48A, 48B, 48C, 48J, 48K, 48L — Bulkhead row — extra legroom with no seat ahead
Seats to avoid
- 64D, 64E, 64F — Rear-most centre seats — limited recline and next to the tail galley and lavatories (noise and queueing).
- Bassinet rows: 38 and 48
- Rows next to a lavatory: 64
- 12 seats without under-seat storage
Air China Business Class (Capital Pavilion) — Upper deck
Best seats
- 81A, 81L, 82A, 82L, 83A, 83L, 84A, 84L, 85A, 85L, 86A, 86L — Capital Pavilion Business seat that reclines to a fully flat bed, with direct aisle access
- Bassinet rows: 80
Frequently asked questions
- How many seats does the Air China Boeing 747-8 have?
- This configuration has 365 seats: 24 Air China Business Class (Capital Pavilion), 12 Air China First Class (Forbidden Pavilion), 66 Air China Premium Economy Class, 233 Air China Economy Class, 30 Air China Business Class (Capital Pavilion).
- What are the best seats on the Air China Boeing 747-8?
- Top-rated in our data: 12A, 12L, 13A, 13L, 14A, 14L, 15A, 15L — Capital Pavilion Business seat that reclines to a fully flat bed, with direct aisle access.
- Which seats should I avoid?
- Flagged in our data: 64D, 64E, 64F — Rear-most centre seats — limited recline and next to the tail galley and lavatories (noise and queueing).
- Which rows have bassinet positions?
- Bassinet positions serve rows 1, 11, 31, 38, 48, and 80.
- Does the Air China Boeing 747-8 have lie-flat seats?
- Yes — Air China Business Class (Capital Pavilion) has 66 seats that convert to a fully flat bed.
Cabins
Air China Business Class (Capital Pavilion)
- Width
- 20"estimated
- Seat
- Lie-flat bed
- Screen
- 15" (approx.)
- Power
- AC power outlet · USB-A
Fully flat bed. Air China does not publish exact pitch/width on its fleet pages; values are estimates.
Air China First Class (Forbidden Pavilion)
- Width
- 22"estimated
- Seat
- Lie-flat bed
- Screen
- 17" (approx.)
- Power
- AC power outlet · USB-A
Air China does not publish First pitch/width/bed numbers on its fleet pages; values are estimates pending a citable source.
Air China Premium Economy Class
- Pitch
- 38"estimated
- Width
- 19"estimated
- Seat
- Recliner
- Screen
- 12" (approx.)
- Power
- AC power outlet · USB-A
Air China does not publish pitch/width for this cabin on its fleet pages; values are estimates pending a citable source.
Air China Economy Class
- Pitch
- 31"estimated
- Width
- 17"estimated
- Seat
- Standard seat
- Screen
- 11" (approx.)
- Power
- AC power outlet · USB-A
Air China does not publish Economy pitch on its fleet pages; value is an estimate pending a citable source.
Air China Business Class (Capital Pavilion)
- Width
- 20"estimated
- Seat
- Lie-flat bed
- Screen
- 15" (approx.)
- Power
- AC power outlet · USB-A
Fully flat bed. Air China does not publish exact pitch/width on its fleet pages; values are estimates.
Onboard facilities
Drawn on the interactive map above — hover a monument to confirm its position.
1 lavatory · 2 galleys · 2 stairs · 1 door pair
Amenities
Seat map image
A printable snapshot of this exact layout — save it for boarding-day reference. The interactive map above stays the source of truth.
Sources
Every measurement and claim on this page traces back to one of these. Last verified Jul 14, 2026.
- Air ChinaPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026
Air China 747 aircraft-introduction page: Boeing 747-8 total 365 seats = 12 First / 54 Business / 66 Premium Economy / 233 Economy.
https://www.airchina.us/US/GB/info/aircraft-introduction/boeing747.html ↗ - Air ChinaPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026
Official Air China Boeing 747-8 cabin seat-map diagram: header row ranges and counts (First rows 1-3 = 12; Business rows 11-15 & 80-87 = 54; Premium Economy rows 31-37 = 66; Economy rows 38-64 = 233), per-class layouts (First 1-2-1; Business staggered 2-2 with a 2-2-2 nose mini-cabin; Premium Economy and Economy 3-4-3), and monument/exit/galley/lavatory positions.
Top-down schematic labeled "The actual layout is subject to flight"; proves cabin architecture, layouts and counts but not window-to-seat alignment, and exact within-Economy galley/taper row boundaries are read approximately and reconciled to the published counts.
https://www.airchina.us/go/2026.7-11/images/infoservice/aircrafttype/747/B747_20220329/B748_8_EN.jpg ↗ - WikipediaINDEPENDENT SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026
Air China fleet table: Boeing 747-8I, 7 in service, configuration 12 First / 54 Business / 66 Premium Economy / 233 Economy = 365; Forbidden Pavilion First and Capital Pavilion Business (Collins Parallel Diamond); B-2479 and B-2481 used for VIP transport.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_China_fleet ↗
Air China Boeing 747-8i in its single current passenger layout (12 First / 54 Business / 66 Premium Economy / 233 Economy = 365), the only 747-8 configuration in Air China’s fleet table. Cabin counts and the row-range header are read directly from Air China’s official 747-8 cabin diagram (B748_8_EN.jpg) and match the airchina.us count and the Wikipedia fleet table. LAYOUT read from the official diagram: First (Forbidden Pavilion, red) rows 1-3 in the nose, 1-2-1 (A/D-H/L); Business (Capital Pavilion, blue) in two cabins — a main-deck mini-cabin in the nose (rows 11-13 staggered 2-2, rows 14-15 2-2-2 where the fuselage widens) and the upper deck (rows 80-87, staggered 2-2); Premium Economy (light green) rows 31-37 over the wing, 3-4-3; Economy (teal) rows 38-64, 3-4-3 tapering at the tail. Spatial order on the main deck front-to-back is Business(11-15) → First(1-3) → Premium Economy(31-37) → Economy(38-64); the higher-numbered Business rows sit physically ahead of the lower-numbered First rows, per the diagram. RECONCILIATIONS (layoutProvenance "mixed", AUTHORING §5b — published counts govern): (1) Upper-deck Business is a staggered 2-2 whose two sides are offset — the window (J/L) side is drawn with 8 bays (rows 80-87) and the A/C side with 7 (rows 80-86), giving 30 seats; row 87 is modeled J/L-only. (2) Premium Economy: the diagram shows a full 3-4-3 with the forward centre block starting one row aft of the window blocks (galley/monument ahead), so row 31 is 6 seats (A,B,C,J,K,L) and rows 32-37 are full 3-4-3 — total 66. (3) Economy totals the published 233: the diagram shows 3-4-3 with the centre section starting one row aft at the class divider (row 38 = 6 seats) and again aft of the Door 3 galley (row 48 = 6 seats), a full-width Door 3 galley bank at row 47 (no seats), a 2-4-2 tail taper (rows 60-62) and a centre-only tail (row 63 = 4 seats, row 64 narrowing to 3 as the cone closes). Exact within-Economy galley-gap and taper row boundaries are DERIVED to reconcile to the published 233 (economy cabin marked derived) — the diagram is a top-down schematic labeled "The actual layout is subject to flight." No numeric pitch/width/screen sizes are printed on Air China’s pages; all seat-type dimensions and screen sizes are unsourced estimates. windowAlignment is left "unknown" for window seats (a top-down schematic does not prove window-to-seat alignment). Business seat hardware (Collins Parallel Diamond) and the Forbidden/Capital Pavilion product names are from the Wikipedia fleet article (neutral). Fleet: 7 x 747-8i in service (Jan 2026); B-2479 and B-2481 are used for VIP transport, so ~5 fly the standard 365-seat passenger layout.
What changed
- Jul 14, 2026Initial Air China 747-8i (12F/54J/66W/233Y = 365) instance: main + upper deck, read from the official Air China 747-8 cabin diagram; Economy reconciled to the published 233 per AUTHORING §5b.