Jumbo Hostel

( Jumbo Stay )

Welcome to one of the world’s coolest stays! Here you can spend the night onboard a real jumbo jet – on the ground! 

Jumbo Stay (formerly the Jumbo Hostel) is a hostel/hotel located inside a decommissioned Boeing 747-200 aircraft at Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Sweden. It has 33 rooms, 76 beds, and officially opened in January 2009.

 9V-SQE at Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong, in 1981

Jumbo Stay is housed within a preserved Boeing 747-212B.[1] The 747 was built for Singapore Airlines, and entered service in 1976 under the registration 9V-SQE. In 1984, it was sold to Pan American World Airways, for which it flew until 1991 as N727PA Clipper Belle of the Sky.[1][2][3] Later, it operated for Cathay Pacific Airways, Garuda Indonesia, and others.[4] Its last air operator was Transjet, a Swedish charter airline based at Arlanda Airport that went bankrupt in 2002.[5]

The aircraft was subsequently acquired by Oscar Diös, who had previously run a youth hostel in Uppsala.[1][5][6] Diös was developing a concept of running hostels inside many different objects, including boats, trains and lighthouses. When he found out that a retired aircraft was for sale at Arlanda Airport, he decided to try setting up an airport hostel inside it, as there were no hostels or budget hotels nearby.[2][7] In December 2007, the municipality of Sigtuna granted him a building permit to establish a hostel within the aircraft, at the entrance to the airport.[1][2]

Following a restoration that began in January 2008 and cost the equivalent of more than US$3,000,000, the aircraft was towed in Summer 2008 to its new permanent location,[1][2][8] on a grass-covered mound just outside the airport's perimeter.[9] Its interior had been almost entirely changed, including by the removal of 450 seats.[2][10] However, a selection of its features, such as the flight controls and some of the original seats and windows, had been retained.[10]

At its permanent site, the aircraft was mounted on a concrete foundation, and its landing gear was secured in two steel cradles.[1] Additionally, a set of metal stairs and a lift were installed at its main entrance on its left side.[4]

The owner began taking bookings in late 2008, and officially opened the transformed aircraft as "Jumbo Hostel" on 15 January 2008.[4][9] He also named it "Liv", after his daughter.[1][7] Since then, the business name has been changed to "Jumbo Stay".[1][6]

^ a b c d e f g h "Information & History". Jumbostay. Retrieved 11 July 2022. ^ a b c d e Sargunaraj, Wilbur (15 July 2022). "How to spend the night in a Jumbo Jet Engine". Wunderflug. Retrieved 12 August 2022. ^ Steele, John. "Names of the Pan Am Clippers 1934 to 1991 By Manufacturer and Model" (PDF). Panam.org. Pan Am Historical Foundation. p. 21. Retrieved 12 August 2022. ^ a b c Smithson, Ben (21 June 2022). "What it's like sleeping in the cockpit of a Boeing 747 jumbo jet hotel". The Points Guy. Retrieved 11 July 2020. ^ a b Shardlow, Ju; Floyd, Charlie (8 February 2019). "We stayed overnight in a Boeing 747 converted hotel — here's what it was like inside". Insider. Retrieved 23 July 2020. ^ a b "STF Arlanda/Jumbo Stay". Swedish Tourist Association. Retrieved 11 July 2022. ^ a b "Tight squeeze at Jumbo Hostel". Stuff. AAP. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2022. ^ Khalil, Shireen (11 July 2022). "Wild Jumbo Stay Hotel plane transformation goes viral". news.com.au. Retrieved 11 July 2022. ^ a b Ritter, Karl (4 January 2009). "A cozy hostel in converted jumbo in Stockholm". The Seattle Times. AP. Retrieved 11 July 2022. ^ a b Corbett, Kelly (26 February 2020). "You Can Spend the Night on This Out-of-Service Boeing 747 Jet, Which Is Now a Chic Hostel". House Beautiful. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
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