Starlux Airlines is boosting its lounge capacity at Taipei Taoyuan Airport (TPE), which is most definitely necessary. The new lounge continues with the carrier’s unique space theme (thanks to Lester for flagging this).
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Okay, okay - everyone's wondering so I'll just clarify... This is an imperial OFFICERS' lounge. Stormtroopers are not permitted in the officers' lounge and are free to avail themselves of the DeathSTARLUX cantina.
Why does the lounge have a First class section, if those passengers get the VIP Terminal anyway? Or is this benefit changing?
In a very size restricted airport, this is better than nothing. I went to the T1 Galactic lounge, and the pictures did not prepare me for how small it was. It was literally the size of someone's living room. This at least seems notably bigger.
It is 220 “Taiwanese Ping", not 220 square meters. "Ping" is the measurement used in Taiwan for calculating the space. Usually 1 Ping = 3.306 square meters = 35.59 square feet. Therefore, 220 Ping = 727 square meters = 25885 square feet. It will be a HUGE lounge, not small lounge. "Ping" is not used in US, I believe that's the reason you misunderstand.
No, international arrival passengers need to go CIQ directly, just like you arriving US.
How about if you're coming off a JX J flight and transiting to a separate flight (CI/BR) on a separate ticket? That could easily be a scenario with people wanting to know if access on arrival would be granted.
Taiwan is old school One Ping is approximately equal to the size of two tatami mats, (i.e. 6' X 6', or 36sq. ft.).
That makes a lot of sense. Frankly I was confused comparing the pictures to a lounge size of 220 sqm… like there’s no way they could fit all of that into such a small space.
Hi, I wonder if it's possible for J class passenger that depart from T1, to visit this lounge instead?