KLM Air France Montreal Lounge
Air France has opened its fully redesigned lounge at Montreal's Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport for Business Class customers, and it's most Frequent Flyers, carrying a Flying Blue Elite Plus card.
It's lovely, it really is, and vastly better than the old Air France KLM Montreal Lounge. Operated by Plaza Premium, the lounge has vast windows overlooking the runways and Mount Royal.
Within the main lounge area, there is plenty of seating including large sofas, plus a large bar with French wines and champagnes.
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The KLM Air France Montreal Lounge is easy to find, just after security, and in the entrance area there is a vast white staircase (plus also a lift) set against deep blue walls, with the Air France historical brand logo, the winged seahorse, right in front of you.
Once you are up the stairs, you'll find the lounge itself is a large area, with seats for 149 passengers, occupying 490 square meters (5,300 square feet, or 513 square yards).
The main area of the lounge is in effect one large room, with floor to ceiling windows, broken up with vertical wood dividers, matching the polished wooden floor, where seats and large sofas are available for everyone to relax, eat or work in comfort. The room itself has a large bar half way along the area, and a dining area at the far end.
Champagne lacquered metal screens provide structure to the lounge. The old lounge was a bright red colour, and while red also features here, it isn't very prominent.
The lounge itself is operated by Plaza Premium, who also provide the lounge staff
The window side of the lounge is made largely of 2+2 seat groups, with large winged seats. These look superb, but may not suit most customers, who are often travelling solo.
Food
Next to the main refectory area there is a vast blue circular bench type seat, but only 5 dining tables: again, it remains to be seen how this will work in practice.The catering is centred around French cuisine, with a self-service buffet having hot and cold, savoury and sweet dishes which varies throughout throughout the day. The company also offers vegetarian and gluten-free dishes.
The lounge has a new dedicated catering service in the pre-flight dining 'Night Service' area, for Business customers travelling from Montreal to Paris on the last evening flight when they may want to sleep for most of the short flight. Instead they can be served a meal identical to that served on board, with the full meal service including starters, hot dishes, cheese, desserts and a wine and champagne list, after which their meal tray will not be loaded on the flight.
Bar
The large bar offers a wide selection of French wines and champagnes.Business Facilities
There is a small work area, however throughout the lounge free Wi-Fi and USB sockets are also available close to most of the seats.
For the most elite of passengers, there is a much smaller lounge area, with and area acting like a lounge within a lounge, for Flying Blue Ultimate customers. This is a much more private space, with large sofas and seats.
Bathrooms
In loungeAccess
The Montreal Air France lounge in is open every day from 2pm to 10pm for Air France and KLM customers. Access is free for Business and Flying Blue Elite Plus customers, and customers travelling in Economy or Premium Economy can also purchase lounge access subject to availability. View photos of KLM Air France Montreal LoungeMontreal Airport Guide
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| Pros | Lovely bar and food | |
| Location | After passport control, on the 1st floor, between gate 55 and 57 | |
| Terminal: | Int | |
| Opening hours | 5am-10am & 2pm-11pm | |
| Cost | 35 CAD or 6,000 Mile | |
| Lounge for: | Air France | |
| Other Airlines: | KLM Montreal Lounge Air France Montreal Lounge | |
| Access | First and Business Class on Skyteam airlines, Flying Blue Elite Plus customers, and Skyteam Elite Plus. | |