Chr04

So, someone will come in, use an armchair, leave his belongings to the chair next to him, because there isnt a table near, he will get up throw his coat or a bag at his armchair (occupies 2) and will go to the dining area to eat?

nk15

It is sad that A3 cannot get a spacious premier lounge at their home base. They should have gotten the LH lounge too and merged the two spaces.

Cookoovaya

To put this simply guys:

It will still be overcrowded but with updated colours.

When I say overcrowded, I mean a “zoo” at times.

Xandrios

On Facebook there are reports of people still being sent to the Goldair lounge, while the new lounge is operational. Specifically silver members are redirected to use Goldair.

Perhaps that will help (a little) with the overcrowding, though that is not great for the (already often very crowded) Goldair lounge..

nk15

They should make this permanent, only Golds in the lounge. Silver and J tickets only should be send elsewhere, at least for peak hours.

powergean

I think business ticket is stronger, then a gold with light fare:-)))

nk15

Gold travelling in J is first, then the rest is debatable (Silver in J and Gold in Y should be a tie for second, IMO)...Surprisingly A3 thinks Gold is first (currently boarding group 1), while a Silver in J is currently boarding group 2....

drdrh

I am sitting in the new lounge right now:
For those hoping for more space: the lounge now is bigger.
You will have to be more sportive since the entrance is now at the far end of the corridor, so might be difficult for a quick visit in some cases.
The food offerings as far as I can see are exactly the same as before, just different presentation in different ceramics so you cannot see immidiately what is on offer except you read the small print.
For the soft working alcoholics: there are still two different greek white wines, but the number of reds has been reduced to one for now.
For the hard working alcoholics: again it looks to me exactly the same as before.

In the seating area of course it seams to be nice to sleep on of the soft chairs, but of course the next chair is used for the luggage, it obviously cannot sit just on the floor.

If somebody does not like the way I write i apollogise: I was on yesterdays LH flight from FRA to ATH, did not get sleep, drinks and food within the last 24 hours, only lies from LH.

Xandrios

Thanks for the review. How is the lounge bigger if the same location/space is used? has the new entrance become smaller than previously?

I don't believe that this is correct. Gold in Business class is also in group 2. As far as I'm aware Group 1 is exclusively families with small kids @ Aegean.

fifty_two

thanks , cant wait to try it in 2023

LoL

drdrh

Inside the new lounge starts next to the Lufthansa Lounge on one side (so you use their WIFI) and ends on the other side adjacent to the sky??-Lounge. Honestly, I do not know whether the later was the case with the old lounge, I never really used that part of the Lounge.
The old entrance does not exist any more, the entrance of the new lounge is at the end of the corridor just before the sky??-lounge and the DutyFree shop.

powergean

No, group 1 is familys with litle children. Goup 2 is gold and business.

Knobbgb

Yes, it's hemmed in on both sides by other lounges so can't possibly be bigger. Maybe they just freed up more usable space by moving the reception area. There was quite an area behind that, towards the Lufthansa lounge, so the open space probably appears bigger. Did they change the size/layout of the kitchen area? That was quite small but still took up some space.

powergean

The new lounge is just fantastic. Today at 8 , dispite the huge trafic, everybody had a sitting place, without any problem. Top food and drink selection. Aegean did a very good job again!

simcity4000

Yes, I think so too. In Apr this year, my biz class (using upgrade voucher) with A3 *G in ex-Athens and Athens were all group 2.