A resting deck in an aircraft with a plurality of side-by-side arranged resting compartments, which are oriented in a special way and manner, in order to make use of the existing space as optimally as possible, and an aircraft, which is equipped with such a resting deck. The resting deck includes a plurality of side-by-side arranged, longitudinally extending resting compartments, which are defined on two, opposite longitudinal sides by a respective separating barrier, which separates adjacent resting compartments from one another, as well as a longitudinal resting surface, which is arranged in each of the plurality of the resting compartments, such that a longitudinal side of the resting surface extends along a longitudinal direction of the separating barrier and a slanting angle between the separating barrier and the fuselage axis in a forward direction is greater than 0.degree. and less than 180.degree..