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Airliners make great restaurants: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v1x-D47A0tg/maxresdefault.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v1x-D47A0tg/maxresdefault.jpg So great actually,

by Tade0 4y ago

Airliners make great restaurants: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v1x-D47A0tg/maxresdefault.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v1x-D47A0tg/maxresdefault.jpg So great actually, that there exist restaurants made to look like the inside of one: https://flykouzina.com/ https://flykouzina.com/ But I've never heard of repurposing them as a hotels.

ghaff 4y ago
The best was probably Pan Am's first class lounge in a 747. https://vinepair.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/pam-am.jpg https://vinepair.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/pam-am.jpg Alas, over time, economics dictated that the space be converted to business class seating when that level of service came in.
- dehrmann 4y ago
  People reminisce about the golden age of aviation, but most of the modern complaints are actually that airline deregulation drove down prices, and consumers made it very clear that they'll sacrifice service for cheaper fares. You really do get better service if you pay for it, and modern long-haul business class seating would be unimaginable in the 70's, let alone the suites offered by ME3 carriers.
  - ghaff 4y ago
    Oh certainly. Not that travel can't still have its unpleasant aspects, e.g. flight delays/cancellations, but pay for TSE Pre, airline clubs, business class seating (especially international lie-flat seating which puts what Pan Am had in first class to shame), etc. and I'm not sure air travel is consistently worse than it was in the 70s.
  - kilroy123 4y ago
    I agree. A long haul flight in business isn't bad at all. Now going to and from the airport and all that comes with it? That's a different story...
dreamcompiler 4y ago
Another example in Colorado: http://theairplanerestaurant.com/index.htm http://theairplanerestaurant.com/index.htm
yardstick 4y ago
McDonalds even turned one into seating in Taupo, New Zealand https://firstwefeast.com/eat/2014/08/this-mcdonalds-plane-in-new-zealand-is-the-best-place-to-eat-your-big-mac https://firstwefeast.com/eat/2014/08/this-mcdonalds-plane-in...

by Tade0 4y ago

ghaff 4y ago

The best was probably Pan Am's first class lounge in a 747. https://vinepair.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/pam-am.jpg https://vinepair.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/pam-am.jpg Alas, over time, economics dictated that the space be converted to business class seating when that level of service came in.

dehrmann 4y ago
People reminisce about the golden age of aviation, but most of the modern complaints are actually that airline deregulation drove down prices, and consumers made it very clear that they'll sacrifice service for cheaper fares. You really do get better service if you pay for it, and modern long-haul business class seating would be unimaginable in the 70's, let alone the suites offered by ME3 carriers.
- ghaff 4y ago
  Oh certainly. Not that travel can't still have its unpleasant aspects, e.g. flight delays/cancellations, but pay for TSE Pre, airline clubs, business class seating (especially international lie-flat seating which puts what Pan Am had in first class to shame), etc. and I'm not sure air travel is consistently worse than it was in the 70s.
- kilroy123 4y ago
  I agree. A long haul flight in business isn't bad at all. Now going to and from the airport and all that comes with it? That's a different story...

dreamcompiler 4y ago

Another example in Colorado: http://theairplanerestaurant.com/index.htm http://theairplanerestaurant.com/index.htm

yardstick 4y ago

McDonalds even turned one into seating in Taupo, New Zealand https://firstwefeast.com/eat/2014/08/this-mcdonalds-plane-in-new-zealand-is-the-best-place-to-eat-your-big-mac https://firstwefeast.com/eat/2014/08/this-mcdonalds-plane-in...