British Airways Lounge, Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (Image Credit: British Airways)
The British Airways Lounge at Amsterdam Schiphol airport will not reopen as a BA lounge.
The lounge has been closed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Whilst all other BA lounges worldwide have reopened or have been confirmed as closed, this lounge has remained as “temporarily closed”.
Eligible BA passengers at Amsterdam can continue to use the Aspire lounge.
The BA lounge was part of the Priority Pass lounge access scheme. It is likely that another operator will take over the lounge.
British Airways Lounge, Rome Fiumicino Airport (Image Credit: British Airways)
British Airways has started to reopen its lounges in mainland Europe.
The airline has, today Wednesday 20 October 2021, reopened its lounge at Rome Fiumicino airport.
It is understood from a public LinkedIn post from a member of BA’s lounge management team that the BA lounge Milan Linate airport will reopen on Friday 22 October.
British Airways Lounge Milan Linate Airport (Image Credit: British Airways)
BA’s lounge at Geneva airport reopens on Friday 29 October.
British Airways Lounge, Boston Logan International Airport (Image Credit: British Airways)
British Airways has reopened a number of lounges at airports in the United States ahead of the plannedreopening of the US to fully vaccinated passengers from the UK in November.
Until this week only two BA lounges were open in the US. These were the Club lounge and Concorde Room at New York JFK Terminal 7.
BA has now reopened its lounges at these US airports:
British Airways Heathrow Lounge Reopening July 2020 (Image Credit: British Airways)
British Airways has started what is likely to be a long and gradual process of reopening its airport lounges around the world.
On Saturday 4 July 2020, BA has reopened the Galleries Club South and Galleries First lounges on the South concourse of London Heathrow Terminal 5. Due to BA still operating a significantly reduced schedule, the lounges close at the earlier time of 20:00. The First Wing has also reopened.
BA has also reopened the arrivals lounge for passengers arriving from long-haul flights.
The Concorde Room, Galleries Club North and Galleries Terminal 5B lounges and Elemis Travel spas remain closed.
British Airways, Galleries First Lounge Terrace, London Heathrow Terminal 5 (Image Credit: British Airways)
Passengers travelling in First Class and Concorde Room cardholders who are ordinarily entitled to access the Concorde Room have access to a dedicated terrace in the Galleries First lounge.
As expected, the service in the lounge is different. Plastic entry screens have been introduced at the entrance to the Galleries Club South lounge.
Passengers will be provided with a Welcome Card, with blue and red sides, on entry to the lounge.
When in the lounge, passengers are asked to to occupy seats that do not have a card placed on them and to maintain social distancing in the lounge and not move between seats.
British Airways Heathrow Lounge Reopening July 2020 (Image Credit: British Airways)
The card should be left red side up on your seat when temporarily leaving your seat, and blue side up when you leave the lounge so the area can be cleaned.
British Airways Heathrow Lounge Reopening July 2020 (Image Credit: British Airways)
Food and drinks are available to order by accessing a dedicated website on your personal device, details of which are provided on entry to the lounge.
British Airways Heathrow Lounge Reopening July 2020 (Image Credit: British Airways)
As expected, all newspapers and magazines have been removed from the lounges. These can be downloaded electronically using the PressReader app. This is best done at home.
Update November 2020
British Airways lounges at London Heathrow will close from Thursday 5 November, following the implementation of a lockdown in England until 2 December 2020.
British Airways Lounge Johannesburg (Image Credit: British Airways)
British Airways has reopened its lounge at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg following a six month refurbishment.
The lounge follows a similar design brief to recently refurbishment lounges at New York JFK and San Francisco.
As with the San Francisco lounge, the two former Club and First lounges have been combined into one, with a dedicated pre-flight dining area and a la carte menu for First Class passengers.
The lounge also features a centrepiece bar, a self-service food station with hot and cold food options. These include local specialities such as Indezi River cheese and Cape Malay curry. There is also a wide range of seating with at seat power.
Food options for First Class passengers in the dedicated pre-flight dining area include seasonal soups; ricotta and pea filled conchiglie; steak sandwich with mustard and basil relish; and chocolate brownies.
The lounge can be accessed by passengers travelling in Club World and First Class as well as Silver and Gold members of the Executive Club, and Oneworld alliance equivalents.
The last remaining lounge refurbishment project for this year is the Geneva lounge.
British Airways Lounge Milan Linate Airport (Image Credit: British Airways)
Flights to Milan Linate airport have resumed today, Sunday 27 October 2019, following a period of closure due to runway maintenance works.
BA has taken the opportunity to use the period of closure to undertake a “refresh” of its lounge airport.
The refreshed lounge has now reopened with new furnishings with at seat power and improved complimentary catering.
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British Airways lounge, San Francisco International (Image Credit: British Airways)
British Airways has reopened its lounge at San Francisco International airport following a six month refurbishment.
The lounge remains in its current location near Gates A4 and A6 on Concourse A, which benefits from floor to ceiling windows and good views of the airport apron.
The new lounge has combined the old Club and First lounges into one. Whilst First Class passengers and Gold Executive Club cardholders no longer have a separate lounge, First Class passengers do benefit from a new dedicated pre-flight dining area.
The lounge follows a similar design brief to BA lounges in Aberdeen, New York and Rome. The centrepiece of the lounge is granite topped bar.
You can also take a 360 degree tour of the lounge on a dedicated microsite.
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Although the lounge has not increased in size, first impressions are that the new lounge is a significantly better use of the space and it has a much more open feel than the old lounge. There is also a vastly better range of seating choices.
Access to the lounge is available to British Airways First and Club World (business class) customers, British Airways Executive Gold and Silver members, and oneworld frequent flyers with Emerald and Sapphire status.
In terms of other BA lounge refurbishments, the Geneva and Johannesburg lounges are currently closed for refurbishment. Hopefully in the next few months, we will have a timescale for a refurbishment of the BA lounges at London Heathrow.
British Airways’ Glasgow lounge re-opens on Sunday 16 June 2019.
The lounge has been closed for refurbishment since Sunday 2 June 2019. There are no pictures of the refurbished lounge yet.
The lounge has been refurbished by Glasgow based design agency Graven, who designed the original lounge. BA says:
“The lounge will have a more contemporary luxurious feel whilst also considering sustainability. Much of the furniture has been refurbished using our latest wool blend fabrics. Premium materials and finishes have been added, together with new bespoke decorative lighting, designed and made in the UK.”
