Jun 30, 2015, 3:57 am
Last edit by: S_W_S
European BA destinations without lounge access.
As investigated by FlyerTalk's very own c-w-s. (See post.)
No lounge, and no other lounge in airport: Typically these airports also have very limited facilities airside
BGO, BIA, BIQ, CFU, CHQ, CMF, EFL, EGC, FDH, FSC, FUE, GNB, GRX, JSI, JTR, KGS, KLX, LEI, LIG, MAH, MJV, NTE, OVD, PUY (their VIP lounge isn't available to passengers), PVK, UIP, ZTH (LCY has an external lounge in a separate building, so in the CIP category).
No lounge, but vouchers provided
LPA perhaps temporarily as of 1 May 2019
No lounge for BA, but there is for other airlines / Priority Pass
ACE, CAG (see this post), CGN (route suspended), FNC, HER (lounge opening times restricted), HUY (route suspended), KRK, OLB (BA charter CE can use lounge however), OPO, NUE (lounge is airside but register landside)SKG , SPU, STR, SVQ. For RHO (see this post), TLL (route suspended).
No lounge for BA, but airport CIP lounge available
BDS (but very limited in scope, €25 online), BJV (€25 walk up fee), JMK (also PP), LCY (separate building), MPL (€18),
New routes with lounge
AAL, BIO, FLR, INV, KRK, VLC.
As investigated by FlyerTalk's very own c-w-s. (See post.)
No lounge, and no other lounge in airport: Typically these airports also have very limited facilities airside
BGO, BIA, BIQ, CFU, CHQ, CMF, EFL, EGC, FDH, FSC, FUE, GNB, GRX, JSI, JTR, KGS, KLX, LEI, LIG, MAH, MJV, NTE, OVD, PUY (their VIP lounge isn't available to passengers), PVK, UIP, ZTH (LCY has an external lounge in a separate building, so in the CIP category).
No lounge, but vouchers provided
LPA perhaps temporarily as of 1 May 2019
No lounge for BA, but there is for other airlines / Priority Pass
No lounge for BA, but airport CIP lounge available
BDS (but very limited in scope, €25 online), BJV (€25 walk up fee), JMK (also PP), LCY (separate building), MPL (€18),
New routes with lounge
AAL, BIO, FLR, INV, KRK, VLC.
BA Lounge Database | Europe
Sep 9, 2017, 9:43 am
#587
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Also, it says spirits are available at the HEL Schengen lounge. Only beer and wine on my last couple of visits, except for some kind of flavoured liqueur.
Sep 9, 2017, 10:06 am
#588
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Yes it is the same place. As you walk down that corridor you pass 36 on your right and if you went past the lounges you would come to 37 on your right. HEL has now opened the new bus gates (50 A-M) with the entrance on your left opposite the lounge. The actual gates are down the stairs/escalators, so in terms of which gates are actually closest to the lounge 36/37 are much nearer.
Sep 9, 2017, 11:06 am
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Sep 9, 2017, 11:09 am
#590
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Ah yes, I see the gates in the upper thirties have recently been renumbered. Will update the lounge slides. Thank-you
Last edited by Prospero; Sep 9, 2017 at 11:19 am
Sep 9, 2017, 11:55 am
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Fazer took over running the Finnair lounges at HEL on July 1st hence the service changes
Details here
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/finna...tor-hel-7.html
Details here
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/finna...tor-hel-7.html
Sep 9, 2017, 11:27 pm
#592
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Sep 10, 2017, 2:40 pm
#593
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Yes it is the same place. As you walk down that corridor you pass 36 on your right and if you went past the lounges you would come to 37 on your right. HEL has now opened the new bus gates (50 A-M) with the entrance on your left opposite the lounge. The actual gates are down the stairs/escalators, so in terms of which gates are actually closest to the lounge 36/37 are much nearer.
They also denied knowledge of a first class lounge when in fact there was one and it is called Premium rather than First. I'm not sure why they could just explain that and be nice.
Sep 12, 2017, 6:36 am
#594
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Following a fruitless attempt to look at flights to visit my family in the Loire it appears that BA no longer serve Angers ANE (even seasonally) as the airport has closed its control tower. So, much as I have enjoyed the micro-delights of the tiny "Club's Room" and loved c-w-s's review on this thread, should it be removed from the list of French BA lounges?
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/...-a7559526.html
https://londonairtravel.com/2017/02/...te-march-2017/
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/...-a7559526.html
https://londonairtravel.com/2017/02/...te-march-2017/
Sep 12, 2017, 7:19 am
#595
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Indeed the airport is no longer a public service airport, unfortunately, so the broom cupboard lounge (I remember, when trying to get some photos, struggling to achieve a focal length within the tight dimensions concerned) is now history. Still, I'm hoping that some future student of BA's history will come across the weird and wonderful corners of this website one day and ask "are they pulling my leg? BA flew to Angers? And there was a lounge?"
Sep 12, 2017, 9:44 am
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Indeed the airport is no longer a public service airport, unfortunately, so the broom cupboard lounge (I remember, when trying to get some photos, struggling to achieve a focal length within the tight dimensions concerned) is now history. Still, I'm hoping that some future student of BA's history will come across the weird and wonderful corners of this website one day and ask "are they pulling my leg? BA flew to Angers? And there was a lounge?"
Sep 17, 2017, 1:31 pm
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