Etihad Airways Airbus A380-800 seat map
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- — One of two passenger positions in The Residence, with a private living room, bedroom and ensuite shower.
- — Etihad marks this position Extra legroom, with four inches more space than standard Economy.
- — The published mid-cabin lavatories are immediately behind — possible noise and foot traffic.
- — The aft service area is immediately behind — service light and noise may be noticeable.
- — The published mid-cabin lavatories are immediately ahead — possible noise and foot traffic.
- Bassinet rows: 43, 49, 64, and 75
- 68 extra-legroom seats
- 34 seats without under-seat storage
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Our rating engine's picks for this cabin layout — see any seat's full reasoning in the map above.
Best seats
- 1A, 1C — One of two passenger positions in The Residence, with a private living room, bedroom and ensuite shower.
Worth knowing
- 18E, 18F — The published mid-cabin lavatories are immediately behind — possible noise and foot traffic.
- 26E, 26F — The aft service area is immediately behind — service light and noise may be noticeable.
- 19D, 19G — The published mid-cabin lavatories are immediately ahead — possible noise and foot traffic.
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.
The Residence / First Apartments — Upper deck
Best seats
- 1A, 1C — One of two passenger positions in The Residence, with a private living room, bedroom and ensuite shower.
First Apartments — Upper deck
Ratings are even across this cabin — no standout or problem seats in our records.
First Apartments — Upper deck
Ratings are even across this cabin — no standout or problem seats in our records.
Business — Upper deck
Seats to avoid
- 18E, 18F — The published mid-cabin lavatories are immediately behind — possible noise and foot traffic.
- 26E, 26F — The aft service area is immediately behind — service light and noise may be noticeable.
- Rows next to a galley: 26
- Rows next to a lavatory: 18
Business — Upper deck
Seats to avoid
- 19D, 19G — The published mid-cabin lavatories are immediately ahead — possible noise and foot traffic.
- Rows next to a lavatory: 19
Economy
Best seats
- 40A, 40B, 40C, 40H, 40J, 40K, 41A, 41B, 41C, 41H, 41J, 41K — Etihad marks this position Extra legroom, with four inches more space than standard Economy.
Seats to avoid
- 47C, 47D, 47G, 47H — Etihad marks this position Extra legroom, with four inches more space than standard Economy.
- 49A, 49B, 49C, 49D, 49E, 49F, 49G, 49H — Published bulkhead position — no under-seat storage for take-off and landing.
- Bassinet rows: 43, 49, 64, and 75
- Rows next to a galley: 47, 74, and 75
- Rows next to a lavatory: 47, 63, and 83
- 68 extra-legroom seats
- 34 seats without under-seat storage
Frequently asked questions
- How many seats does the Etihad Airways Airbus A380-800 have?
- This configuration has 486 seats: 3 The Residence / First Apartments, 4 First Apartments, 4 First Apartments, 34 Business, 36 Business, 405 Economy.
- What are the best seats on the Etihad Airways Airbus A380-800?
- Top-rated in our data: 1A, 1C — One of two passenger positions in The Residence, with a private living room, bedroom and ensuite shower; 40A, 40B, 40C, 40H, 40J, 40K — Etihad marks this position Extra legroom, with four inches more space than standard Economy.
- Which seats should I avoid?
- Flagged in our data: 18E, 18F — The published mid-cabin lavatories are immediately behind — possible noise and foot traffic; 26E, 26F — The aft service area is immediately behind — service light and noise may be noticeable; 19D, 19G — The published mid-cabin lavatories are immediately ahead — possible noise and foot traffic; 47C, 47D — Etihad marks this position Extra legroom, with four inches more space than standard Economy.
- Which rows have bassinet positions?
- Bassinet positions serve rows 43, 49, 64, and 75.
- Does the Etihad Airways Airbus A380-800 have lie-flat seats?
- Yes — The Residence / First Apartments has 81 seats that convert to a fully flat bed.
Cabins
The Residence / First Apartments
- Width
- 30.3"estimated
- Seat
- Enclosed suite
- Screen
- 24" (approx.)
The Residence bedroom has a separate double bed of roughly 6 ft 10 in by 47.5 in and a living-room sofa about 60.6 in wide; these figures were previously verified against Etihad's interactive cabin experience, but that citation has been withdrawn, so they are now unsourced pending a citable published source.
First Apartments
- Width
- 30.3"estimated
- Seat
- Enclosed suite
- Screen
- 24" (approx.)
First Apartments
- Width
- 30.3"estimated
- Seat
- Enclosed suite
- Screen
- 24" (approx.)
Business
- Seat
- Lie-flat bed
- Screen
- 18.5" (approx.)
Business
- Seat
- Lie-flat bed
- Screen
- 18.5" (approx.)
Economy
- Seat
- Standard seat, Extra-legroom seat
- Screen
- 11.1" (approx.)
A figure of about 32 inches of legroom was previously verified against Etihad's interactive cabin experience (not labeled as seat pitch), but that citation has been withdrawn, so the recline and legroom figures are now unsourced pending a citable published source.
Onboard facilities
Drawn on the interactive map above — hover a monument to confirm its position.
13 lavatories · 4 galleys · 1 bar/self-service · 4 stairs
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 16, 2026.
- Etihad AirwaysPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 16, 2026
Current official two-deck A380 seat-map drawing: The Residence positions 1A/1C, nine First Apartments, 70 staggered Business Studios, main-deck Economy rows 40-83, 68 dark-coded Extra legroom positions, bulkheads, bassinets, galleys, lavatories and stairs. Direct enumeration yields 406 Economy positions, one more than Etihad's explicit current numeric accommodation.
Retrieved as decompressed raw bytes through Wayback capture 20260408164712id_ after the live Etihad CDN timed out. This is the weaker source in a same-publisher one-seat conflict: explicit numeric counts win, and the row-83 reconciliation is documented in config.notes.
https://www.etihad.com/content/dam/eag/etihadairways/etihadcom/2025/global/products/our-fleet/a380/A380_Seatmap.pdf ↗ - Etihad AirwaysPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 16, 2026
Offline text extract of the current official A380 map, preserving aircraft/deck labels, premium-cabin seat identifiers, Economy row numbers and legend labels.
pdftotext -layout extract of the same PDF; vector Economy seat blocks and colour coding are available only in the archived PDF itself.
https://www.etihad.com/content/dam/eag/etihadairways/etihadcom/2025/global/products/our-fleet/a380/A380_Seatmap.pdf ↗ - Etihad AirwaysPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026
Current Etihad fleet page presents the Airbus A380 as an operated double-decker and publishes one A380 seat-map link plus one linked 3D tour.
The live Etihad origin timed out during command-line retrieval; archived from Wayback raw snapshot 20260513192715. This establishes one currently published A380 layout, not complete per-tail uniformity by itself.
https://www.etihad.com/en-us/plan/fly-with-etihad/our-fleet ↗ - Etihad AirwaysPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 16, 2026
Etihad's 24 November 2025 release says its eighth A380 returns for daily Narita service from 16 June 2026; it publishes nine First Apartments with 80-inch beds, 70 Business Studios, 68 Extra legroom Economy seats with four additional inches, 337 standard Economy seats, and The Residence for up to two guests.
Retrieved through the nearest Wayback raw capture after the live Etihad origin timed out. It provides exact accommodation and the eighth-frame return date, while the May 2026 Paris release independently establishes July 2026 scheduled service.
https://www.etihad.com/en-it/news/etihads-a380-set-to-dawn-in-the-land-of-the-rising-sun ↗ - Etihad AirwaysPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 16, 2026
Etihad's 19 May 2026 release schedules two daily A380 rotations between Abu Dhabi and Paris from 1 July through 24 October 2026, featuring The Residence, First Apartments, Business and Economy.
The live page rendered in the research browser but timed out to command-line raw retrieval, and Wayback had not captured it. Snapshot is a rendered factual text extract preserving the dated schedule evidence.
https://www.etihad.com/en/news/etihad-brings-double-the-a380-magic-to-paris ↗ - The NationalSECONDARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 16, 2026
Fleet timeline only: quoting Etihad, the report says the eighth A380 would return in June 2026, the ninth on 1 January 2027, and the tenth original A380 had been decommissioned for spare parts.
Secondary source used only for the retirement/reactivation timeline, not layout or dimensions. Etihad's own Narita release independently confirms the eighth-frame return in June 2026.
https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/aviation/2025/10/19/etihad-to-return-two-airbus-a380-superjumbos-to-the-skies-amid-global-jet-shortage/ ↗
SERVICE GATE: Etihad's 19 May 2026 release schedules two daily A380 rotations between Abu Dhabi and Paris from 1 July through 24 October 2026, and its Narita release says the eighth A380 entered the 2026 summer programme on 16 June. The config is active as of July 2026. FLEET: Etihad described that return as its eighth A380. The National, quoting the airline, reports a ninth planned for 1 January 2027 and the tenth original frame decommissioned for spare parts; no active frame is identified as entering retirement. ONE VERIFIED CURRENT CONFIG: Etihad's current fleet page publishes one A380 seat-map link. The config code 11F70J68N337Y is accommodation-derived because no public airline-internal code was found. NUMERIC/MAP CONFLICT: Etihad explicitly publishes The Residence for up to two guests, nine First Apartments, 70 Business Studios, 68 Extra legroom Economy seats and 337 standard Economy seats, totaling 486 guest positions. The current PDF draws the same two Residence positions, nine First Apartments and 70 Business seats, but 406 Economy positions (68 Extra legroom plus 338 standard). Per the same-publisher tie-break, explicit numeric counts win. The published row grid is retained and map-drawn 83F is omitted as the single narrowest tail-row reconciliation; Economy and row 83 are marked derived. THE RESIDENCE: 1A and 1C are modeled as two First-tier suite passenger positions because the map labels both inside the suite and Etihad states it accommodates up to two guests. SeatRecon cabinSummary therefore resolves the premium deck as 11F (two Residence positions plus nine First Apartments), not as a marketing claim of eleven First Apartments. EXTRA LEGROOM: the PDF's 68 dark-coded positions are exactly rows 40-47, which controls the Extra legroom zone placement. Window alignment remains unknown because the schematic does not prove window-to-seat alignment. Wing range, exit-door anchors, exact Business bed length and per-tail assignments are not published in the cited sources.
What changed
- Jul 16, 2026Initial Etihad Airways A380_CONFIG1 current 486-guest two-deck configuration, with the explicit 405-seat Economy count reconciled against the one-seat-over published drawing.