Browse 73 aircraft types with ICAO codes and specifications
Widebody aircraft feature two passenger aisles, allowing faster boarding and deplaning on long-haul routes.
Designed for routes over 3,000 km, widebodies dominate intercontinental and transoceanic flights.
Typically seat 200–600 passengers in a multi-class configuration, making them the backbone of international aviation.
Wide fuselages carry large belly freight alongside passengers, making widebodies vital to air cargo networks.
A widebody (or twin-aisle) aircraft has two passenger aisles and a fuselage wide enough to fit 6–10 seats abreast. Typical examples include the Boeing 747, 777, 787 and Airbus A380, A350, A330.
Widebodies are used predominantly on long-haul international routes — transatlantic, transpacific and routes over 5,000 km where their capacity and range are most efficient.
Generally yes — wider fuselages allow more seat configurations, wider seats, extra-wide business class seats, and better overhead bin space compared to narrowbody jets.