Lounges @ Athens Airport
Oct 18, 2020, 2:11 pm
#76
Join Date: Feb 2020
Posts: 488
,,And it doesn't necessarily mean that they are about to go bankrupt either.'" No way for bankraupt, for the moment. Aegean had a loss of 150 million in the first half year, when nothing was working. The summer 3 month was not so bad, so i think the full year losses will be around 200-250 million . They started the covid crise with 650 million cash. So they have money enough for one more year like 2020...but hopefully will be better.
Last edited by powergean; Oct 18, 2020 at 2:30 pm
Oct 18, 2020, 2:55 pm
#77
Join Date: Jun 2016
Programs: aegean gold , klm explorer
Posts: 506
Aegean now seems to be operating its Larnaca 'hub' lounge at very restricted times. Last night, the lounge was closed even though there were 40 business passengers on the LH flight to FRA and probably a number of *G passengers in economy. From the evidence in various threads, Aegean now seems to be getting seriously short of cash. The same is true with LH who are rapidly getting through the 10 billion bailout by the German government and are therefore shutting lounges like the one in Duesseldorf.
I pittty wizzair. They must be running empty flights from lca all day... i mean, yeveran? Iasi? Chisinau?
Pitty
Oct 18, 2020, 3:04 pm
#79
Join Date: Feb 2020
Posts: 488
Oct 18, 2020, 7:21 pm
#81
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Heraklion, Greece
Posts: 7,563
no point in running a lounge in a country with heavy entry restrictions... they aint gonna have it open all day for the 3 flights.
I pittty wizzair. They must be running empty flights from lca all day... i mean, yeveran? Iasi? Chisinau?
I pittty wizzair. They must be running empty flights from lca all day... i mean, yeveran? Iasi? Chisinau?
Why must?
Cyprus is basicly closed for everyone.
Cant immagine much cypriots traveling to a warzone like armenia right now.
Cant immagine much cypriots traveling to a warzone like armenia right now.
Last edited by KLouis; Oct 18, 2020 at 7:29 pm
Oct 18, 2020, 11:22 pm
#82
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Cyprus
Programs: THY Elite Plus, Aegean Gold, LH FTL. Former BA Gold, Air France Platinum, Czech Gold, United PE.
Posts: 644
What is the actual source of your information? Cyprus has entry restrictions that are specific and appropriate to other countries' epidemiological situations. Yes, British tourists, for example, need to show a Covid-19 certificate for entry but this did not stop 30 flights from the UK landing in Cyprus yesterday. As a result, many 5-star hotels are currently fully booked. I own a large marine tourism business and we are actually 55% up month to date on October 1-17 last year. Thank God for Wizzair and the other carriers who are being subsidised by the Cyprus government to bring in economically necessary tourists.
Last edited by johnirvine; Oct 18, 2020 at 11:36 pm
Oct 19, 2020, 3:47 am
#83
Join Date: Jun 2016
Programs: aegean gold , klm explorer
Posts: 506
What is the actual source of your information? Cyprus has entry restrictions that are specific and appropriate to other countries' epidemiological situations. Yes, British tourists, for example, need to show a Covid-19 certificate for entry but this did not stop 30 flights from the UK landing in Cyprus yesterday. As a result, many 5-star hotels are currently fully booked. I own a large marine tourism business and we are actually 55% up month to date on October 1-17 last year. Thank God for Wizzair and the other carriers who are being subsidised by the Cyprus government to bring in economically necessary tourists.
looking into it, i guess the dutch travel advice isnt accurate? https://www.nederlandwereldwijd.nl/l...zen/reisadvies
It says im not allowed into Cyprus, but Cyprus itself says im allowed with a negative test and quarantine.
I guess i was wrong on Cyprus, as it is not a schengen country. Armenians, moldovians, romanians, georgians, ect have to quarantain like the dutch. Its an assumtion, but i dont think that results in much traffic?
And sorry for assuming wrongly.
Oct 21, 2020, 8:18 am
#85
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: PAS, Paros Greece
Programs: A3 *G
Posts: 1,369
What's the situation with guest access at the ATH A3 lounge right now? I presume they're running at reduced capacity due to the virus so are they still allowing an A3 Gold to bring in a guest? Or is it on an as-available basis depending how busy things are? I'm stopping by with a friend in around ten days and we'd be there around 10:30am, hopefully for two or three hours as we both have long connections (to different A3 flights). I guess mid-morning is a pretty busy time, from what I remember. Does anybody have recent, first hand experience? Thanks.
Oct 22, 2020, 2:09 am
#87
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: DK
Programs: A3 Gold, BA Silver
Posts: 869
So I had some flights via ATH this week. I checked out the lounges to see what food they offered. I have mixed feeling about which I like better. Had a morning flight out to Hamburg so when to both lounges to see what they had for breakfast. LH had better quality food but they pushed much more on the sweet side. They had very little on the savory side, a tiny half sandwich and pre-packed bread sticks. While A3 next door had very much a savory push. Nice salads, cups, simple sandwiches (too simple for my liking) while the sweet side was limited to dry muffins and some chocolate. I would say that I would have liked LH more, but I just am not a sweet breakfast person and the sweet was just too much.
A3 had more space to sit, which was a bit of a problem in the LH lounges as the dinning area was full when I arrived. Most likely because I was on the HAM flight. The sitting area at the same time was half empty. A3 was at most half full, so there was no problem finding a seat. If you don't mind sitting at bar seating by the wall then those seats were always free on the couple of visits to the lounge I made over the week.
A3 had more space to sit, which was a bit of a problem in the LH lounges as the dinning area was full when I arrived. Most likely because I was on the HAM flight. The sitting area at the same time was half empty. A3 was at most half full, so there was no problem finding a seat. If you don't mind sitting at bar seating by the wall then those seats were always free on the couple of visits to the lounge I made over the week.
Oct 25, 2020, 3:04 pm
#89
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 5,876
