Two of Qantas’ most popular international lounges have rolled out the welcome mat.
Qantas’ Singapore and London business class lounges are once again open as the airline prepares to ramp up flights for the December/January holiday season.
Along with the rest of Qantas’ international lounges, these were shuttered in March 2020 as the sweeping scope of the Covid pandemic became clear.
The Qantas International London Lounge (to give its full name) at Heathrow Terminal 3 is now open from 6am to 4pm and caters for the outwards flights of Qantas and its partner Emirates, along with Oneworld partner airlines.
And while Covid has put a crimp in some aspects of service, the à la carte dining room, downstairs gin bar and upstairs cocktail bar are all worth a visit.
Eligible travellers include business class and first class passengers; Qantas Frequent Flyer Gold, Platinum and Platinum One members (plus Oneworld Sapphire and Emerald equivalents); Emirates Skywards Gold and Platinum members; and Qantas Club card-holders.
The Qantas Singapore International Business Lounge at Singapore Changi Terminal 1 rolls out the welcome mat on a more truncated schedule of four hours before the departure of each Qantas flight, with the doors closing once that flight is wheels up. Access is along the same lines as for Qantas’ London lounge.
Qantas says it plans to reopen the Singapore International First Lounge in early 2022 as demand returns on the once-popular Australia-Singapore routes, and certainly well before the red-tailed Airbus A380 resumes flying from Sydney to London via Singapore in July 2022.
