Years ago Oscar Diös heard that there was an unused Boeing 747 built in 1976 at Arlanda Airport. This jumbo jet was used in the past by a Swedish airline called Transjet. He must have thought it was a wast not to use the airplane anymore, so he decided to turn it in a low-cost hotel. Building a hotel and getting cheap space is very difficult around an airport, but he managed to get permission from the authorities to ‘build’ his hotel close to the entrance of the airport.

The Boeing 747-200 with 450 seats gets a second life, but this time not at a 10 kilometers altitude. The aircraft was stripped, and has 25 rooms, the plumbing, sanitation and climate control had to be renewed, and also the whole plane got rewired.

Now, after more than 2 years of hard work, the Boeing 747 is ready be towed to it’s final destination. The bookings of the hotel start in December.

For more information about the Jumbo Hotel visit the official website: Jumbo Hostel.

Or, here are some other resources:

• Flightstory
• Techomatic Blog
• Gizmodo