Introduction
I have always been fascinated and inspired reading all the trip reports here but have always procrastinated in creating my own and before I know it, the trip is stale already . But this time, I decided to muster enough time and energy to organise, sort, and mask our faces. Yes, I am not keen on being seen on the web sitting in Suites as my boss may be lurking somewhere - hahaha. Kudos to those who frequently post here, I now see how this takes a lot of effort.
Background
This is a short 1-week vacation to Northern Europe (Copenhagen and Stockholm). The focus of this report is an unusual stay at a converted Jumbo Jet in Stockholm airport at which I spent a night and the return flight on SQ25 from FRA to SIN (in Suites). The first half of the trip (SQ322 to LHR unfortunately has no photos as I was not planning to make a trip report here).
Part 1: Jumbo Stay Arlanda
After 3 days in Copenhagen, basking in wonderful crispy sunny autumn weather and a memorable lunch at Noma (a separate thread would be required to show the experience here), it is time to go to Stockholm. Initially, I was planning to take the train which would have brought us directly from Central CPH to Central Stockholm but then I stumbled across Jumbo Stay while searching for accommodation on expedia.com. Now this is a hostel at Arlanda Airport and is one of the 2 accommodation at ARN (the other being the Radisson Blu). It is a hostel so it is very reasonably priced by Stockholm standard (about USD135 for a room with shared toilet). There is a variety of rooms in their website including an interesting cockpit suite but because I booked this at the last minute, it was taken already . How can I miss a stay in a 747, right? So I grabbed one room straight away and decided to fly SAS (on an MD-81) from CPH Kastrup to Stockholm ARN and experienced this unique form of accomodation.
Jumbo Stay parked at ARN airport
The layout.
The first class cabin converted into a breakfast room. I like the retro 70s decor as if we stepped out onto the age when the 747 first flew the skies.
Staircase leading to the cockpit (which is an occupied suite, it is out of bounds to us )
The photo of the cabin with bunk bed. It has a basic decor but it has a real bed with mattress and there is plenty of space, so it is more comfortable than Suites.
The rear of the aircraft is the toilet area. There are 3-4 of them.
Breakfast: on plastic plates with plastic cover. Worse than any economy class meal
A little bit of history: SIA is actually its first owner
More readable details: it also used to be Kuwait Airways, Garuda, and Cathay Pacific
I have always been fascinated and inspired reading all the trip reports here but have always procrastinated in creating my own and before I know it, the trip is stale already . But this time, I decided to muster enough time and energy to organise, sort, and mask our faces. Yes, I am not keen on being seen on the web sitting in Suites as my boss may be lurking somewhere - hahaha. Kudos to those who frequently post here, I now see how this takes a lot of effort.
Background
This is a short 1-week vacation to Northern Europe (Copenhagen and Stockholm). The focus of this report is an unusual stay at a converted Jumbo Jet in Stockholm airport at which I spent a night and the return flight on SQ25 from FRA to SIN (in Suites). The first half of the trip (SQ322 to LHR unfortunately has no photos as I was not planning to make a trip report here).
Part 1: Jumbo Stay Arlanda
After 3 days in Copenhagen, basking in wonderful crispy sunny autumn weather and a memorable lunch at Noma (a separate thread would be required to show the experience here), it is time to go to Stockholm. Initially, I was planning to take the train which would have brought us directly from Central CPH to Central Stockholm but then I stumbled across Jumbo Stay while searching for accommodation on expedia.com. Now this is a hostel at Arlanda Airport and is one of the 2 accommodation at ARN (the other being the Radisson Blu). It is a hostel so it is very reasonably priced by Stockholm standard (about USD135 for a room with shared toilet). There is a variety of rooms in their website including an interesting cockpit suite but because I booked this at the last minute, it was taken already . How can I miss a stay in a 747, right? So I grabbed one room straight away and decided to fly SAS (on an MD-81) from CPH Kastrup to Stockholm ARN and experienced this unique form of accomodation.
Jumbo Stay parked at ARN airport
The layout.
The first class cabin converted into a breakfast room. I like the retro 70s decor as if we stepped out onto the age when the 747 first flew the skies.
Staircase leading to the cockpit (which is an occupied suite, it is out of bounds to us )
The photo of the cabin with bunk bed. It has a basic decor but it has a real bed with mattress and there is plenty of space, so it is more comfortable than Suites.
The rear of the aircraft is the toilet area. There are 3-4 of them.
Breakfast: on plastic plates with plastic cover. Worse than any economy class meal
A little bit of history: SIA is actually its first owner
More readable details: it also used to be Kuwait Airways, Garuda, and Cathay Pacific
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