Herringbone vs. Reverse Herringbone

Found in first and business class cabins, herringbone or reverse herringbone seating describes how the seats are arranged. As the name would suggest, these seats are laid out in a distinctive weaved shape like a broken zigzag. The seating arrangement is called herringbone because it resembles the skeleton of a herring fish. Over the past 30 years, first and business-class seating has gone from having a wider reclining seat with extra legroom to one that becomes a lie-flat bed at the push of a button.