The Star Alliance has just announced the opening of its newest branded lounge, and it’s the brand’s first in Asia.
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Ben I think FCO has a Star Alliance lounge too. Well it did a few years ago when I was sitting in it. Maybe it is gone now?
Why does Skyteam have a lounge in IST? How big is their operation there? Obviously it is a massive Star Alliance hub because of TK’s operations.
With local wi-fi accessible only by scanning one's passport into WeChat, which then has to be scanned into a Windows '95-based kiosk, which then has to be printed on the flimsiest possible chit.
That probably explains why I carry Hong Kong SIM cards into the mainland.
Construction of CAN T3 is over 90% finished. T3 will open Q3 next year together with the 5th runway of the airport!
One of the best priority pass lounges I ever experienced was at Guangzhou. This was back in 2017, so I can't remember which lounge it was, but it was spectacular. It was one of the main lounges I always thought about when I told people how much better the lounges were abroad than the US. It's a great airport to transit.
Has that lounge reopened? I seem to recall it had sustained serious fire damage a little while ago.
Aeroflot, Air France, KLM, Korean Air, Middle East Airlines, Saudia and TAROM all fly to IST.
There is also the Star Alliance lounge in Sao Paulo (unsure if it is just branded or managed by the alliance, but I assume it is alliance-managed...)
It’s managed by BA QF and CX however is not a OW lounge per se in addition the branding is completely different.. and better.
Note when I used the Premium Lounge at T2 last time, the staff told me no photos allowed anywhere in the lounge. Out of curiosity, I asked them how about in the shower room, to which they still said no. Even when I left the lounge and tried to take a photo of the list of airlines sending their guests to the lounge on the plaque outside of the lounge, they still came out to stop me. Not sure if this practice will be followed by the *A lounge.
Last time I was there it was closed. Lufthansa sent in passengers to a contract lounge.
'The Star Alliance has just announced the opening of its newest branded lounge, and it’s the brand’s first in Asia.'
Umm, no it isn't. It might be the only one in Asia now, Idk how many former Star Alliance lounges are now closed, but I definitely remember a Star Alliance lounge in Nagoya. Even though I assume that is now closed, that one was before this one, so this is not the first Star Alliance lounge in Asia...