I flew A3 a couple of weeks ago in Business Class on a short domestic hop from Athens to Thessaloniki. Here's a small report on the Lounge at Athens.
After check-in at Athens, there is a central area to transfer (walk) from the landside (ticket counters) to airside (departure areas). From there, you turn left to the "B" side or right to the "A" side. My flight (all A3 flights within "Schengan" ??) was in B.
After clearing an ID check to get into the B concourse, there were several shops. More like a mall than an airport.
The A3 lounge is a good ways towards the end of the concourse. It is just past the Lufthansa lounge (the LH lounge does have a *G sign and lists A3). As *G, I probably could've visited the LH lounge but didn't. Both LH and A3 lounges are prior to security.
The check-in Agent stopped her conversation with another employee as soon as I stepped in. I habded all my credentials over. She scanned my boarding pass, which as a Biz Class was enough for entry, even on this domestic flight (it's different in Europe). She smiled an welcomed me, but as she was handing my credentials back, noticed my CO OnePass Platinum (*G) card so swiped it also. I don't know what that was about. Maybe "double dipping" by letting me in as an A3 premium passenger while still dinging CO for a *G visit ???
The lounge looked new and clean. The decor itself was a little spartan and featured a lot of glass, chrome and red & black leather. I actually like the "IKEA look" so it didn't phase me, but still not what I'd expect in a lounge. The side wall (left side in the picture) was a solid window, but was of a parking lot. There was a separate glassed-in room at the far end which I assumed was the smoking area.
What did impress me was the food and wine spread. I'm surprised I forgot to take pics of the offerings. This was late afternoon. They had several varieties of "finger" sandwiches, cheese, and full selection of pastries ... from typical sweet danish to several varieties of the meat/spinach/cheese filled pastries. I seem to recall some chip and fruit selections as well, but don't remember for sure.
I also don't remember the full beverage selection, other than there were quite a few selections in the area with the food. I'm a wino, and what did catch my eye was a side table with several wine bottles ... multiple bottles of each of about 4 varieties. On the table, they did have a brochure on the wines served by A3. I didn't map the brochure to each selection available here, but 2 were definitely there. Here are 2 pics of this brochure...
Covers (unfolded, so the front cover is to the right, the back cover is on the left)
Inside (unfolded)
Hmmm ... I guess I need to learn how to create links to "expandable" pics of FT
Overall, I enjoyed the visit.
There were a couple of security checkpoints as I walked down the hall towards the lounge. Each checkpoint serving several gates. My gate was towards the end of the concourse so my checkpoint was the only one farther down the hall from the lounge. There was a "fast track" but wasn't needed as there was no line.
From the A3 website, I beleive they have 3 lounges total. One of the others was in Thessaloniki (SKG), but I departed that city on Turkish Airlines, check-in was a zoo and I forgot all about visiting a lounge prior to passport control.
Steve