A 450-seater jumbo jet has been converted into a unique hotel - letting guests sleep on a Boeing 747. The unique Jumbo Stay hostel has a selection of 27 cabins to choose from, with some en-suite and all with Wi-Fi and flat screen TVs.
The plane - which now remains grounded - can also be used for conferences and is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for guests to come and visit.
The owner and the man behind Jumbo Stay is Swedish businessman Oscar Divs, who bought the 1976 Boeing 747-200 and converted it into the hostel.
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Oscar said: 'I was getting ready to expand my hostel business in 2006 when I heard about an old wreck of an aircraft for sale at Arlanda.
'Since I had for a long time wanted to establish my business at Arlanda I didn't hesitate for a second when this opportunity struck.'
The prices at the Jumbo hostel range from 50 euros - around £42 - for a shared single sex dorm to almost 200 euros - £170 - a night for the exclusive pilot's suite.
The airplane, a decommissioned jumbo jet built in 1976, was last operated by Transjet, a Swedish airline that went bankrupt in 2002.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2410062/Entrepreneur-Oscar-Divs-turns-Boeing-747-hostel-buying-bankrupt-airline.html
http://9jaflave.blogspot.com/2013/09/entrepreneur-turns-boeing-747-jet-into-27-room-hostel.html
The plane - which now remains grounded - can also be used for conferences and is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for guests to come and visit.
The owner and the man behind Jumbo Stay is Swedish businessman Oscar Divs, who bought the 1976 Boeing 747-200 and converted it into the hostel.
Oscar said: 'I was getting ready to expand my hostel business in 2006 when I heard about an old wreck of an aircraft for sale at Arlanda.
'Since I had for a long time wanted to establish my business at Arlanda I didn't hesitate for a second when this opportunity struck.'
The prices at the Jumbo hostel range from 50 euros - around £42 - for a shared single sex dorm to almost 200 euros - £170 - a night for the exclusive pilot's suite.
The airplane, a decommissioned jumbo jet built in 1976, was last operated by Transjet, a Swedish airline that went bankrupt in 2002.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2410062/Entrepreneur-Oscar-Divs-turns-Boeing-747-hostel-buying-bankrupt-airline.html
http://9jaflave.blogspot.com/2013/09/entrepreneur-turns-boeing-747-jet-into-27-room-hostel.html