airoli
Jul 31, 04, 10:31 am
With the Terminal 1 lounge in ZRH now under reconstruction, LX displays a blueprint of how the new lounge area will look like. Here (http://www.olimade.com/files/lxlounge.jpg) is a picture of it.
As far as I can tell, they will keep the current lounge as it is and just add the bar area, giving the lounge back the much-needed daylight and airport views that had been lost when the construction of the airside center started.
hilltopper
Aug 1, 04, 12:56 am
Those who expected a lounge similar to The Wing will be disappointed! :td:
Thanks for the plan Airoli.
I notice that the grey section (currently "TravelClub") looks much more spacious in terms of seating density than the "other half" of the lounge, currently "Business" and is also surrounded by "sonneries" (French for bell - maybe one has to ring / swipe (TCG?) card for access? There's also a 'concierge' desk on the far right hand side.
Looks like the smoking "Cinema café" bit is going to be replaced by the a new working space - good ridance - it was pretty nasty - the new (smoking) bar (green) should have decent-ish views of outside once again. View of the hills mountains / drinks and tobacco for those that like that - looks quite promising to me compared to the current offering. Let's see what they they make out of it.
The Wing is indeed nice, but felt I'd inadvertantly wandered onto a luxury serviced balcony with ambient sound effects rather than into a lounge.
Rgds
Marvin