Rooms With Wings

The destination of an old and broken up 1976 plane, the Boeing 747, would have ended up in a scrap metal yard, but 38 year old Oscar Dios, a businessman from Sweden, decided to fill it with beds, calls it Jumbo Hostal, and it's opening it's doors to travellers, at the Airport of Arlanda in Stockholm, Sweden. This will be the first hotel inside an aeroplane. Two and a half years ago, Dios wanted to build a hotel at or near the airport. He reckoned it was necessary, seeing the figure that 18 million travellers passed through this airport each year. Then there was this abandoned plane, and he thought to himself: 'Perfect'. He had transformed the plane into a cosy hotel with 25 bedrooms and 74 beds, some of them bunk-beds, with WI-if and TV, that resemble the monitors announcing arrivals and departures. The front part of the gigantic plane is now the reception with a cafeteria, where breakfast and snacks are served all day long. The Jumbo Hostel is located at the exit of the airport, alongside the stops for taxis and buses. The décor of the hotel is retro, very much the style of the 70's, and all staff wear airline uniforms. His policy for the hotel is that it should be practical, economical and comfortable. Room prices start from €35 per night per person. Jumbo Hostal : 00 46 859 36 04 00 www.jumbohostel.com Tags:jumbohotel,Sweden

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