The Airspace Lounge JFK Is Closing

Published: August 19, 2018

JetBlue is one of the most pleasant airlines to fly domestically, though one of the downsides is that they don’t have any lounges. For example, I think JetBlue Mint is the single best way to fly within the US in terms of the onboard experience, but then they don’t have anything in the way of a premium experience on the ground.

JetBlue’s biggest hub is at JFK Terminal 5, and at least there has been an Airspace Lounge in this terminal. It’s not a great lounge — quite to the contrary, it’s actually a pretty lousy lounge. However, something is better than nothing.

Those with the Amex Platinum Card have received access to this lounge, including a $10 food & beverage credit per person, which can be spent in the lounge.

Perhaps the feature I most appreciated about the lounge was that it had a shower, which sure was nice when coming off a long flight, before connecting on JetBlue (I took advantage of that after getting off a Pakistan Airlines flight from Manchester).

Unfortunately the Airspace Lounge JFK will be closing as of August 31, 2018. The closure is permanent, and there’s no indication yet if anything will be done with the space. Of course it would be great if some other lounge took over the space, though I think it’s much more likely that this will be turned into a restaurant or retail space.

It would be awesome if JetBlue created a Mint Lounge, though I think that’s highly unlikely (and I don’t blame them — they have a superior onboard pricing and have lowered the cost of premium airfare in the market).

In the meantime it would be nice to see Priority Pass add a restaurant in Terminal 5. The terminal itself is already one of the nicest at JFK, so given the free Wi-Fi in the terminal, a Priority Pass restaurant would more than make up for the loss of the Airspace Lounge.

Now the only other remaining lounge in Terminal 5 is operated by Aer Lingus.

Will you miss the Airspace Lounge JFK?

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Bob New Member

February 28, 2019, 11:14 pm

Any answer as to which lounge TAP business class passengers on flights at T5 go? Can you get into the Aer Lingus lounge?

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WPjh Guest

August 21, 2018, 6:04 am

Have a flight on TAP Business in Sept. Anyone have any idea as to lounge access?

Steven New Member

August 20, 2018, 4:38 pm

A Priority Pass lounge would make the most sense, I’d love to see it. This could be a potential money maker for Aer Lingus, though. Until the 102 returns with the noon departure, the lounge is empty until the afternoon. They could open up as a PP lounge for access between certain hours, a-la British Airways at IAD.

Too Much Flying Guest

August 20, 2018, 4:01 pm

Does that just leave two Airspace lounges left in the whole country? BWI closed last year, right? I love the San Diego Airspace, and the Cleveland one is very good too for what it is - a pretty tiny lounge, but always quiet with lots of available seating and fast and friendly service.

GuruJanitor Gold

August 19, 2018, 10:22 pm

@Dwondermeant - fair enough. I feel like AA has the most well rounded for premium transcon but for me, Im spending the majority of time on the plane itself and thats what matters most to me, which is why I love JetBlue so much, and give them a pass on the lounge situation. To be fair, the T5 checkin situation has improved dramatically recently with online checkin and he automated check in stands and bag drop offs. Dining can be improved at T5 sure, but I don’t find it to be horrible. They have a couple nice sitdown restaurants, and decent fast food if thats what you like. Terminal 4 is a real blackhole with that regard. I think Terminal 8 would be truly world class if they built it out to its full potential and moved all the oneworld airlines under one roof. Maybe its my jaded New York attitude, but after dealing with thr MTA all the time, its nice to get to T5 and have a transport situation that just works, and is comfortable, and even enjoyable at times, before I even get on the flight. For being “the greatest city in the world” we lag in many regards on basic things. Cheers to you as well.

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