A DECOMMISSIONED Boeing 767 is being transported along Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way to create the ultimate glamping venue.

    The jet was flown into Shannon Airport in Clare and lifted onto a barge by a 750-ton crane for the 36-hour journey to Enniscrone, Sligo.

    Businessman David McGowan wants to use the aircraft as the centerpiece of his new “Quirky Nights Glamping” venture in the popular seaside resort.

    After the jet was flown into Ireland, a team of engineers had to strip the wings from the 50-ton aircraft for the next stage of their journey.

    The 159-foot (48.5-meter) long aircraft was then towed from the airport to Knockmore Point at the edge of the complex where it was hoisted onto a barge.

    The barge, which was towed by a powerful tug out the Shannon estuary and into the Atlantic Ocean for its 36-hour journey north.

    McGowan paid £16,000 (US$23,207) for the 30-year-old jet.

    Speaking to Today FM in Ireland, McGowan said, “I have a 15-acre (6-hectare) site there of marshy field and I was wondering what I could do with it. Whatever I was going to do with it, it had to be to do with tourism because we’re on the Wild Atlantic Way. I looked at different types of accommodation and unusual places to stay. I saw that glamping was a modern type of camping that was spreading throughout Europe.”(SD-Agencies)