{"schemaVersion":"1.0","airline":"EVA Air","aircraft":"747","links":{"human":"/aircraft/eva-air-747-seat-guide","agent":"/.agent/aircraft/eva-air-747-seat-guide","json":"/api/agent/aircraft/eva-air-747-seat-guide"},"verifiedData":{"provenance":{"dataset":"aircraft_specs.csv","publication":"aircraft-configurations.snapshot.json","externalSourceLinksMayBeMissing":true},"resolution":null,"configurations":[],"sharedAcrossConfigurations":null,"maps":[]},"estimatedLayouts":[],"passengerEvidence":{"status":"not_matched","reports":[],"consensus":null},"cabinAnalysis":{"status":"not_synthesized","recommendation":null},"editorial":{"url":"/aircraft/eva-air-747-seat-guide","role":"Broader aircraft context; not canonical configuration specifications.","seatRecommendations":{"scope":"guide_level_editorial","configurationVerified":false,"caveat":"Existing guide recommendations, not verified for the selected configuration. Confirm seat positions and availability with the airline.","bestSeats":{"status":"not_available","columns":[],"rows":[],"notes":[]},"seatsToAvoid":{"status":"not_available","columns":[],"rows":[],"notes":[]}},"title":"EVA Air 747: Retired Since 2017 — What Replaced It (2026)","summary":"EVA Air flew its last passenger 747 on August 21, 2017 — flight BR-892 from Hong Kong to Taipei. The airline had launched with the distinctive 747-400 Combi in 1991, mixing cargo and passengers in the same fuselage on inaugural international services. The 787-9 and 777-300ER run the long-haul network now.","sections":[{"heading":"EVA Air’s jumbo era","paragraphs":["EVA Air launched international service in 1991 with 747-400 Combis — an unusual variant that divided the main deck between cargo pallets at the front and passengers at the rear, opening North American and European routes from Taipei. A conventional 747-400 passenger fleet followed. EVA was among the last major Asian carriers to retire the passenger 747, keeping it in service until August 2017."]},{"heading":"What flies EVA Air’s long-haul routes now","paragraphs":["The 787-9 Dreamliner and 777-300ER cover EVA’s long-haul network today.","EVA Air 787-9 seat guide · EVA Air 777-300ER seat guide"]}],"faqs":[{"question":"Does EVA Air still fly the 747?","answer":"No. Last passenger flight August 21, 2017 (BR-892, Hong Kong–Taipei). The 747-400 Combi had retired earlier, on January 5, 2015."},{"question":"What replaced the EVA Air 747?","answer":"The 787-9 Dreamliner on medium long-haul routes and the 777-300ER on the widest-body services."},{"question":"What was the EVA Air 747 Combi?","answer":"A variant that divided the main deck — cargo on forward pallets, passengers in the rear section. It was how EVA launched international service in 1991 and retired from passenger use on January 5, 2015."}],"publishedAt":"2026-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-07-10T00:00:00.000Z","contentBasis":"Existing published editorial text; not independently verified configuration data."},"limitations":["Select and confirm the configuration with the airline; no live flight matching.","Unknown configuration status does not establish current fleet operation.","Do not substitute estimated layouts or editorial prose for verified seat geometry."]}