Emirates
Emirates Airbus A380-800 seat map (three class)
First, Business and Economy, three-class ultra long-range, 489 seats
A380-800first class, business class and economy489 seats
Read off the airline’s own material, but some detail — often the row numbering — is our own careful work rather than theirs. Treat row-level detail as indicative and check at booking.
What we could not settle on this aircraft
Emirates publishes 489 seats for this aircraft and that is the number the map below adds up to, but Emirates publishes no seat map for any of its aircraft, so the row numbers here are ours rather than Emirates'. They are worked out from its published cabin sizes and will not necessarily match the numbers printed on the overhead bins. One row of Economy on the main deck is drawn nine seats wide rather than ten, because 399 Economy seats cannot be made from rows of ten and rows of eight alone; which row is short, and which seat it loses, is not something Emirates states, so treat that one row as showing that the cabin is short by a seat rather than as telling you where.
Worked out from sourced data rather than read directly off a published map.
Quick verdict
In First, seat 2A is the best pick.
About this cabin
Emirates' A380-800 in this configuration seats 489 (F/F/Y/Y/J/Y). The seat totals here are confirmed from published airline data; some row-by-row detail is our own careful estimate where the airline doesn't publish it. Emirates flies 2 different cabins on the A380-800 — this is one of them. This is a version lottery: the flight page will tell you which one you're actually booked on where we can determine it.
Quick pick, by traveller
| If you're… | Pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Travelling solo | 2A | A window seat rated highly with nothing working against it — lean on the wall, control the shade, nobody climbing over you. |
| Travelling as a couple | 51B | This row's layout puts a genuine two-seat pair here — no middle seat exists in this group, so it's just the two of you. |
| Tall passengers | 1B | Genuine extra legroom that also still reclines — not every extra-legroom seat does. |
| Trying to sleep | 2A | A window seat away from galley and lavatory traffic, so aisle lights and trolley passes are less likely to wake you. |
Seat map
First
First spans rows 1–5 in a 1-1-1 layout. The strongest seats here are 2A, 2B, 2C, 3A.
Emirates states 14 First suites in a 1-1-1 cabin, and 14 is not a multiple of three: four full rows of three plus one row of two. The short row is placed last to make Emirates' own total come out; Emirates publishes no seat map that says where its own falls.
Economy (main deck)
Economy (main deck) spans rows 10–41 in a 3-4-3 layout.
This is the single nine-seat row that Emirates' own 399-seat Economy total requires. Which row is actually short, and which seat it loses, is not published by Emirates — the row is placed at the rear of the main deck as the most likely taper position, and that placement is this project's inference.
Business
Business spans rows 50–68 in a 1-2-1 layout.
Economy (upper deck)
Economy (upper deck) spans rows 75–84 in a 2-4-2 layout.
Cabin specs
| Cabin | Pitch | Width | Recline | Power | IFE | Wifi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | — | — | Lie-flat | — | — | Excellent |
| Economy (main deck) | — | — | — | — | — | Excellent |
| Business | — | — | Lie-flat | — | — | Excellent |
| Economy (upper deck) | — | — | — | — | — | Excellent |
Best seats
First
- 2A — This cabin has 16 seats or fewer and sits ahead of the main cabin, so it usually feels quieter and boards and deplanes faster.
- 2B — This cabin has 16 seats or fewer and sits ahead of the main cabin, so it usually feels quieter and boards and deplanes faster.
- 2C — This cabin has 16 seats or fewer and sits ahead of the main cabin, so it usually feels quieter and boards and deplanes faster.
- 3A — This cabin has 16 seats or fewer and sits ahead of the main cabin, so it usually feels quieter and boards and deplanes faster.
Known quirks on this aircraft
- Seat doesn't recline (17 seats: 41A, 41B, 41C, and 14 more) — This is the last row of the cabin, or the row directly in front of an exit, so the seat back is fixed upright for the whole flight.
- Often cold or draughty (8 seats: 1A, 1C, 10A, and 5 more) — Seats next to a bulkhead or door on a long-haul widebody are usually the coldest in the cabin — bring a layer for this one.
- No underseat storage (25 seats: 1A, 1B, 1C, and 22 more) — Bulkhead and exit-row seats have nothing in front of the seat to store a bag under, so your bag must go in the overhead bin for the whole flight.
Frequently asked
- How many seats does Emirates' A380-800 have in this configuration?
- 489 seats in total, arranged as F/F/Y/Y/J/Y. This is one specific configuration — Emirates' fleet may include other configurations of the same aircraft type, covered below.
- Is this the only cabin layout Emirates flies on the A380-800?
- No — Emirates flies 2 different cabin layouts on the A380-800 for this one. Check your specific flight's aircraft registration where possible, since booking the same route twice can put you on a different layout.
- What's the best seat on Emirates' A380-800?
- In First, seat 2A rates best on our seat map: This cabin has 16 seats or fewer and sits ahead of the main cabin, so it usually feels quieter and boards and deplanes faster. See the full seat map above for every cabin's top picks.
- Does the A380-800 have wifi and power in this configuration?
- First has excellent wifi. Power and wifi can vary by cabin on the same aircraft — check the cabin specs table above for every class.
- How confident are you in this seat map?
- This configuration is marked "derived" — the overall configuration confirmed, with some row-level detail worked out from seat counts and layout. See the sources and last-verified date lower on this page.
- Has a real person checked these individual seat scores?
- Not yet for this specific configuration. The scores above come from our rules engine, which reasons from real aircraft geometry, but they aren't marked as human-verified until someone has actually reviewed the unusual ones — see the verification section below for the current status.
Related
Other cabins Emirates flies on the A380-800
Other airlines flying the A380-800
- Singapore Airlines Cargo A380-800 — Suites, Business, Premium Economy and Economy — Version 1F/J/J/J/W/W/W/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y/J
- All Nippon Airways A380-800 — First, Business, Premium Economy and Economy (520-seat, two decks)F/J/J/J/J/J/J/J/J/J/J/J/J/J/J/W/W/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y
- Qantas A380-800 — First Suite, Business Suite, Premium Economy and Economy, four-classF/F/J/J/J/W/W/W/W/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y
Other aircraft Emirates flies
Data sources & verification
- Configuration last verified
- , against Emirates' own published seat map and fleet data below.
- Seat-by-seat scores
- Generated from the configuration data below by our rules engine. Awaiting human review before individual scores are published as verified.
- Fleet status
- Fitted fleet-wide on this aircraft type.
- Seat lettering
- We haven't confirmed this cabin's exact seat letters against Emirates' own diagram yet. The seat count and layout are sourced; on a wide-body in particular, individual seat letters (e.g. whether a row has a seat G) may be off by one position until we do. We're working through these one airline at a time and will remove this note once it's checked.
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