Europe: Airports and Lounges

The new London Heathrow Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge is now open - and a welcome refreshing new lounge it is too. First, however, you need to walk to it. And it is some walk. From check-in and through security, you have to walk through the main part of LHR Terminal 2, down a level, down the escalators to the underground tunnel to T2B, up into the satell ...read more.

NEWS: American Airlines has enhanced the Admirals Club Lounge and Flagship Lounge at London Heathrow Airport. The American Airlines Admirals Club Heathrow is a desolate miserable dump compared to most of the Heathrow lounges, but very good compared to most American Airlines lounges in general. Never the less it manages to do a lack ...read more.

NEWS: The brand new American Airlines Arrivals Lounge in London is now open. New American Airlines London arrivals lounge open. The brand London Heathrow American Airlines Arrivals Lounge is now fully open - and it's a good ...read more.

As the only Flagship Lounge outside the US (the three others are at Chicago, LA and JFK) the American Airlines Flagship Lounge Heathrow should be a delight. Alas, in the recent refresh the bizarre decision was taken to stick with the outdated AA colours with drab grey and brown fake-leather seats, and antiseptic tiles and walls. Looking rather like an o ...read more.

The new Aspire lounge at Terminal 5 is the first pay-for entry lounge at Terminal 5, and as such it is the first chance BA passengers in economy have to pay for a lounge. It has comfortable seating and complementary snacks and drinks. A large part of the lounge is occupied by the spa, which almost seems to be half the reason for the lounge to be here. ...read more.

Travelling in First? Then at LHR Teminal 5 the Concorde Room awaits. Definately the elite, the Concorde Room and First lounge have the same snack menu, but booze is slightly better in The Room. The big difference is the pre-flight dining, and it always seems more peaceful. If you are flying in First Class from Heathrow Terminal 5, oddly, you don't ...read more.

At London Heathrow, British Airways have an Arrivals lounge in Terminal 5. This is very welcome if you've come from a long-haul flight, as it give you a chance for a wash and a feed before heading onto the tube back to the office. However, it is very small, and access is very tightly controlled. To get to the lounge once through customs turn left, and g ...read more.

The British Airways London Heathrow Terminal 3 lounge at LHR T3 is for Business Class and oneworld Sapphire, plus Silver card holders. It is certainly not the best BA lounge at LHR, but then there are no less then four other oneworld lounges in Terminal 3, with British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Qantas and American Airlines all having lounges. You can spend ...read more.

The British Airways Terminal 5B Satellite lounge has always had a bit of a lost at the end of a long terminal feel, a pit stop before the main event: the flight. The Terminal 5 Satellite is a combined Galleries Club and First Class lounge in one, but there are few first class facilities except for the excellent spirit selection, and slightly uprated se ...read more.

The British Airways Galleries Club North lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 5A is found, appropriately, at the other end of the terminal from the Galleries Club South. But your first task is actually to find it: if you are on the ground floor, you need to take the lift upstairs, and then find the small door on the right: signposting is particularly poor. ...read more.

The British Airways Galleries Club South lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 5 is found up the escalators from the intermediate Spa and First level. Turn right and you'll go through the ticket o ...read more.

There are both Business Class (Galleries Club World) and First lounges in the British Airways outpost at London Heathrow Terminal 3. Indeed, lounge facilities are large and quite spreading, which is odd considering how few BA flights leave from Terminal 3 (and indeed, shortly none, when the new Terminal 5 satellite is complete). However BA also provide lo ...read more.

The British Airways First Class lounge Heathrow Terminal 5 itself is on the lower level of the lounge complex, at the South side of the building. There are twin desks as you go in - and then you pass the two famous statues of the "horse with the lamp". If you need to know what this is, you have not got a First Class ticket. The lounge is lovely. It is u ...read more.

Cathay Pacific have recently updated their lounge in London, and brought with it an uprated noodle bar, much better chairs, and more space. Finding the Cathay Pacific Business Class Lounge London Heathrow is a bit of a trek, now that the entrance after security has been moved to the extreme left of the terminal, forcing everyone to walk through the Duty ...read more.

Cathay Pacific's BRAND NEW First Class Lounge at London Heathrow Airport features a high-ceiling window wall with a great panoramic view of the apron area, and aircraft at their gates. Most of the seats looking out through the window are singles and ideal if you want to watch the traffic on the Northern runway. Inwards of the windows are three very comfo ...read more.

The vast London Heathrow Emirates Lounge is either a haven of peace in the busy Terminal 3, or a packed den of freeloaders, munching through the booze for just 60 quid entrance, depending on your point of view. However, with Dubai now the second most popular international destination out of Heathrow, the LHR Emirates lounge always gets a lot of traffic. ...read more.

The lounge is at the end of LHR Terminal 4. When you're in front of the SkyTeam Lounge you can either take the elevator or the winding staircase down to the Etihad Lounge, which is one level below the main concourse. The Etihad lounge London Heathrow is large with decent leather sofas - they come from the renowned Italian manufacturer Poltrona Frau. An ...read more.

The Heathrow Skyteam Lounge is located in the old BA LHR T4 Executive Club, it is a far cry from when BA shipped out, and all the Skyteam airlines moved in. Indeed, because so many airlines now call London Heathrow Terminal 4 home, this lounge is actually a Skyteam branded lounge, rather than being owned by any specific Skyteam airline (of which there isn ...read more.

The new London Heathrow Lufthansa Business Class Lounge in Terminal 2 is now open, and it provides a welcome relief from the busy terminal. It is also brand sparkling new, and designed with the latest Lufthansa décor, giving a light, bright, lounge, with good food, a decent free bar, and plenty of places to sit. The Lufthansa Lounge is located i ...read more.

The large central London Heathrow Plaza Premium Terminal 4 lounge is a great pay in lounge, and flooded with natural light thanks to the floor-to-ceiling windows and central skylight, it's big, has good food, a great complementary bar, and wouldn't be out of place run by one of the main airlines. It can get crowded - and then some - late in the evening, b ...read more.

NEWS: Qantas has opened its brand new Business and First Class lounge at London's Heathrow Airport. New Qantas London lounge opens. The brand new Qantas Business and First Class lounge at London's Heathrow Airport is now open. It's easy ...read more.

The Singapore Airlines Business Class Lounge Heathrow is both new, and quite a special lounge, using the airline's "home away from home" design. There are separate First and Business Class sections, each with showers, a tended bar, and dining. The Singapore Airlines Silverkris lounge Heathrow terminal 2 has space for over 200 passengers. First, however, y ...read more.

The brand new United Airlines United Club LHR Business Class lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 2 is now open, and a welcome refreshing lounge it is too. Large, light bright and open, it is sparklingly new. The United Airlines lounge Heathrow occupies over two thousand square yards, and with floor to ceiling windows offering a great view of the apron, goo ...read more.