HOTEL CONCEPT OF THE MONTH | THE JETSTAR
Hotel Concept of the Month:
The Jetstar
Once found in the skies over Africa this unique accommodation is now found in Redbirth, Pembrokeshire
and gives guests the chance to stay in a luxury jet from the 70s - albeit soundly rooted to the ground
T
he Jetstar is a first class plane also features a double bedroom in the it unique and authentic feel. “I love the
that would have carried up to style of a first class ships cabin. There is idea of offering people a really unique
nine passengers. Built in the 70s a toilet and cold water basin on board the experience and this is it. It is the only
according to the current owners it was plane and the cockpit even has an Xbox ex-commercial jet you can stay on in the
used in Senegal by drug traffickers to with flight simulator games. UK. Half of the guests that stay here are
smuggle drugs to Belize. It is also the
The cabin consists of a double bed
booked in as a surprise by their partners
same model that Elvis Presley owned. at the rear and there is also a single bed or parents, we have even had blindfolds
Inside it retains most of the original behind the cockpit. Additionally guests on a few occasions and they are always so
features including a light up bar area. It can find a leather sofa bed on the plane pleased when the Jetstar is revealed.”
that can sleep two adults. The cabin
and the cockpit are powered by mains
electricity however the fuselage has the
plane’s original lighting and is powered
by car batteries and should be used
economically. However there is a double
plug with USB ports which lamps can be
plugged in. A Bluetooth compatible CD and
radio is mounted in the main fuselage.
Owner Toby Rhys-Jones says guests
love to stay at the Jetstar because of
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November 2018