Refurbished CDG 2E Hall L AF Business Lounge
Jan 25, 2018, 9:04 am
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New Air France Lounge at CDG 2E Hall L
Hi,
I had a tour yesterday of Air France new and refurbished Lounge at Terminal 2E Hall L, pretty impressive IMO.
Check it out: https://blog.flight-report.com/fr/un...les-de-gaulle/
Now open for all customers leaving from Hall L, full completion is expected for this summer.
I had a tour yesterday of Air France new and refurbished Lounge at Terminal 2E Hall L, pretty impressive IMO.
Check it out: https://blog.flight-report.com/fr/un...les-de-gaulle/
Now open for all customers leaving from Hall L, full completion is expected for this summer.
Jan 25, 2018, 3:33 pm
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I take it this is a business class lounge, correct? We will be flying AF in business this fall CDG-ATL and I wonder if we will be able to use this lounge.
Jan 25, 2018, 4:40 pm
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L’espace « à votre service » pour pouvoir réserver une douche/un sauna, obtenir de l’aide sur son voyage (changement de vol, choix du siège) ou pour une réservation de vol.
Jan 25, 2018, 11:54 pm
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Jan 26, 2018, 2:28 am
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2 saunas are available (one per gender) in the showers facilities, you can privatize one for 40mn with a first come, first serve basis.
Jan 26, 2018, 2:35 am
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Only long-haul flights with check-in at 2F and A380 flight leaving on the 11pm bank (eg AF990 to JNB) are guaranteed to use that lounge, for other flights with check-in at 2E it will depend on your gate assignement but you have more or less 1 chance out of 3.
But considering only half of the new lounge is open, it may be quite crowded and not as pleasant as it sounds to be.
Jan 27, 2018, 2:58 am
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The lounge really looks beautiful! The only thing that doesn't really seem changed and thus improved is the food offering - unfortunately.
Jan 27, 2018, 8:03 am
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Hi,
I had a tour yesterday of Air France new and refurbished Lounge at Terminal 2E Hall L, pretty impressive IMO.
Check it out: https://blog.flight-report.com/fr/un...les-de-gaulle/
Now open for all customers leaving from Hall L, full completion is expected for this summer.
I had a tour yesterday of Air France new and refurbished Lounge at Terminal 2E Hall L, pretty impressive IMO.
Check it out: https://blog.flight-report.com/fr/un...les-de-gaulle/
Now open for all customers leaving from Hall L, full completion is expected for this summer.
Jan 27, 2018, 8:06 am
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As we’ll have warm food now, as in K and M, this is obviously a great improvement. And even with the cold options, I always found them vastly superior to what you have in most lounges in Europe, to not even speak about North America. Asia if of course another story.
Jan 27, 2018, 9:45 am
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I was actually using the lounge last Thursday, and the staff told me it was the first day it was opened to the public. There were lots of AF staff around, and a photographer too.
Being there and using it, it was not too bad, yes as one of the poster mentioned, it was somewhat Qantas lounge like - they do have now a sort of cooking station ala Qantas and CX...although it is basically 1 choice available.
I wanted to check out the Sauna, but was told it was not ready, so no idea how it is. It was located behind a door of a disabled shower/bathroom. I did manage to snap up an appointment at the Clarins spa, they only had 1 person working that day. Treatment was the same as other lounges.
There are some nice sleeping area, ala First class, with a curtain.
I suspect with the current layout, most people will stay around the main area, although for those not looking for food or want somewhat more peace, you will have to walk to the "Petit Salon" area where there is a drinks bar and at least for now looks to be the quiet area (unless people start finding out and moving there).
I did overhear an (for what it matters) American family saying how nice the lounge was and why they avoid flying via AMS. [no other intentions behind this statement - just what I overhead]
They do have a sort of ticketing desk in the lounge but on that day everything was done at the reception area, so it got a bit crowded around that area. They did have the Ulti roped off area (in the main area of the lounge).
From F&B point - not sure if it was because of the 1st day, but I found only 1 option for red wine available - normally there should be 2-3. While they did have the different ones for the whites.
Cheers!
Being there and using it, it was not too bad, yes as one of the poster mentioned, it was somewhat Qantas lounge like - they do have now a sort of cooking station ala Qantas and CX...although it is basically 1 choice available.
I wanted to check out the Sauna, but was told it was not ready, so no idea how it is. It was located behind a door of a disabled shower/bathroom. I did manage to snap up an appointment at the Clarins spa, they only had 1 person working that day. Treatment was the same as other lounges.
There are some nice sleeping area, ala First class, with a curtain.
I suspect with the current layout, most people will stay around the main area, although for those not looking for food or want somewhat more peace, you will have to walk to the "Petit Salon" area where there is a drinks bar and at least for now looks to be the quiet area (unless people start finding out and moving there).
I did overhear an (for what it matters) American family saying how nice the lounge was and why they avoid flying via AMS. [no other intentions behind this statement - just what I overhead]
They do have a sort of ticketing desk in the lounge but on that day everything was done at the reception area, so it got a bit crowded around that area. They did have the Ulti roped off area (in the main area of the lounge).
From F&B point - not sure if it was because of the 1st day, but I found only 1 option for red wine available - normally there should be 2-3. While they did have the different ones for the whites.
Cheers!