March 15, 2010
Jumbo jet hostel rolls into place near Arlanda
Published: 29 Aug 08 14:27 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/14016/20080829/
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The opening of the world’s first jumbo jet youth hostel moved a step closer on Thursday when a Boeing 747 was towed a few kilometres from Stockholm’s Arlanda airport.
- Famed boat hostel returns to Stockholm (9 Apr 08)
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Diös saw the abandoned hulk of metal as a perfect structure for low-budget accommodations near Sweden's busiest airport.
Plans received a boost last December when Sweden’s airports authority, LFV, and the Swedish National Roads Administration, approved the idea and on Thursday, workers towed the massive plane to the future hostel’s final location.
Diös, who sat in plane’s cockpit while it was being towed, hopes the hostel will open for business in December.
If the venture proves successful in Sweden, he hopes to open more jumbo jet hostels elsewhere.
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