Retired Boeing 747 gets second life as a Bangkok cafe

Missing those fuselage feels and craving on-board dining? Indulge both in Bangkok without fussing through security at an airplane-turned-cafe in the eastern outskirts. 

Climb aboard a Boeing 747 that once belonged to a defunct former airline situated on 10 rai (1.6 hectares) in Bangkok’s Lat Krabang district at 747 Cafe, named after the plane’s model, a new destination for enthusiastic cafe-hopping completionists.

Pose in pilot or cabin crew uniforms for photos before sitting down to sip caffeinated drinks or fruit sodas.

The double-decker aircraft offers a dining area for customers to order drinks and baked goods to enjoy in windowside seats inside the stripped-down airframe.  Patrons can also climb to the second level to look around the cockpit. There, one can even sit and pretend to be the captain. Feel better now? 

The cafe was made possible by aviation…