Love flying? Fascinated by aeroplanes? Then staying the night at Jumbo Stay is a must. Visit this novelty Jumbo Jet hotel – on the ground – at Stockholm Arlanda Airport.
History
Your Jumbo Stay hotel is jumbo jet 747-212B which was built in 1976 and was cleverly transformed into a budget hotel in 2007, retaining many of its original features including landing gear.
The man behind Jumbo Stay, Oscar Diös, heard about an old wreck of an aircraft for sale – a decommissioned model 747-200 jumbo jet last operated by Transjet, a Swedish airline that went bankrupt in 2002.
Originally built for Singapore Airlines, the Jumbo Jet later served with Pan Am.
Book the Cockpit Suite (room 747) and stay first class in the flight deck.
Economy is fun too…
We had a double bed and single bunk in room 734.
Jumbo Stay facts
- In December 2007 Sigtuna authorities granted a building permit for establishing Jumbo Stay at the entrance to Arlanda airport
- 450 seats were removed.
- Heating is achieved with an air-air inverter.
- In 2008 the plane was towed to its final destination at the entrance to Arlanda where it was placed on a concrete foundation with the landing gear secured in two steel cradles.
If you love planes you’ll enjoy exploring Jumbo Stay.
Airplane type: Boeing 747-212B
Number of rooms: 33
Number of beds: 76
Number of beds per room: 1-4
Room size: around 6sqm, 3 metres in height
We enjoyed an early morning breakfast in the Jumbo Cafe before checking out and catching the shuttle bus over to the airport to get our flight back to Edinburgh.
Enjoy some drinks and snacks on the wing.
Planning guide
We arrived at Jumbo Stay by train from Stockholm and departed on the Arlanda shuttle service connecting Jumbo Stay and the terminal building at Stockholm Arlanda Airport. We flew with Norwegian.
Email: booking@jumbostay.com
Staying here is great, just remember to check out or you’ll miss your flight. 😉
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