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Old Dec 23, 2004, 1:23 pm
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SchmeckFlyer
 
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Never been to Barbados before...

Is it such a lucrative and/or important destination that it warrents this kind of service (and commensurate expense to BA)? I imagine because Concorde flew to Barbados, it was somewhat important. Or is this new terminal something that already existed in some form and so was easy for BA to implement?

I ask because I always thought it was so special that BA had an arrivals lounge at JNB, when not even JFK had one. Until of course, I found out the arrivals lounge is actually just a third party lounge that BA has an agreement with for its pax to use.

Do other airlines use the same facility? Is it operated by a third party?

Seems a little inconvenient (and expensive for BA) to have to drive pax to the main terminal so they can buy a bottle of vodka or a box of smokes.

Sounds very impressive though nonetheless, almost like that new First Class terminal LH has at Frankfurt...
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