{"schemaVersion":"1.0","airline":"Iberia","aircraft":"747","links":{"human":"/aircraft/iberia-747-seat-guide","agent":"/.agent/aircraft/iberia-747-seat-guide","json":"/api/agent/aircraft/iberia-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/iberia-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":"Iberia 747: Retired Since 2006 — What Replaced It (2026)","summary":"Iberia operated the 747 for more than 35 years, from 1970 until the mid-2000s. Its own 747 fleet — the 747-200s introduced at the start — was retired in the 1990s; the final jumbos wearing Iberia colors were wet-leased aircraft that left the operation in 2006. No Iberia 747 has flown in roughly two decades.","sections":[{"heading":"35 years of the Iberia jumbo","paragraphs":["Iberia took delivery of its first Boeing 747-100 on October 22, 1970, becoming one of the earliest European 747 operators and opening trans-Atlantic widebody service. A fleet of 747-200s followed. Iberia’s own 747 metal was retired across the 1990s as the fleet evolved; the airline continued operating wet-leased 747s — aircraft on Icelandic registrations flying in Iberia livery — into the early 2000s. The last of those wet-leased jumbos left the operation in 2006, ending more than three decades of 747 service."]},{"heading":"What flies Iberia’s long-haul routes now","paragraphs":["The A350-900 is Iberia’s current long-haul flagship, covering routes to the Americas, Africa, and Asia.","Iberia A350-900 seat guide"]}],"faqs":[{"question":"Does Iberia still fly the 747?","answer":"No. No Iberia 747 has operated in roughly two decades. The last aircraft in Iberia colors left the operation in 2006."},{"question":"When did Iberia retire the 747?","answer":"Iberia’s own 747 fleet was retired across the 1990s; the final wet-leased 747s wearing Iberia colors left the operation in 2006. The airline has operated no 747 since."},{"question":"What replaced the Iberia 747?","answer":"The A330 family bridged the transition; the A350-900 is Iberia’s current long-haul aircraft."}],"publishedAt":"2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","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."]}