New MAN lounge opening dates?
Oct 13, 2025 | 2:00 pm
#1
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Join Date: Feb 2018
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New MAN lounge opening dates?
Looking for any intel on the upcoming EK move at MAN
From various sources, EK are due to move October/ November from T1 to T2. On the BA threads, the new signage (including the sign for the ‘new’ EK lounge) have been shared on the new concourse
Is anyone aware of a planned opening date for the new T2 EK lounge?
We are travelling MAN-MLE in January, and hoping to avoid the scrum at the escape/ aspire lounges at MAN
From various sources, EK are due to move October/ November from T1 to T2. On the BA threads, the new signage (including the sign for the ‘new’ EK lounge) have been shared on the new concourse
Is anyone aware of a planned opening date for the new T2 EK lounge?
We are travelling MAN-MLE in January, and hoping to avoid the scrum at the escape/ aspire lounges at MAN
Oct 13, 2025 | 7:47 pm
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Oct 14, 2025 | 8:27 am
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
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Looking for any intel on the upcoming EK move at MAN
From various sources, EK are due to move October/ November from T1 to T2. On the BA threads, the new signage (including the sign for the ‘new’ EK lounge) have been shared on the new concourse
Is anyone aware of a planned opening date for the new T2 EK lounge?
We are travelling MAN-MLE in January, and hoping to avoid the scrum at the escape/ aspire lounges at MAN
From various sources, EK are due to move October/ November from T1 to T2. On the BA threads, the new signage (including the sign for the ‘new’ EK lounge) have been shared on the new concourse
Is anyone aware of a planned opening date for the new T2 EK lounge?
We are travelling MAN-MLE in January, and hoping to avoid the scrum at the escape/ aspire lounges at MAN
Oct 14, 2025 | 8:35 am
#6
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
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yes, up some stairs to the gate at time for boarding, you’ll need to tell chauffeur company to drop at private terminal (do via ek on twitter) not done with ek yet but klm, but did ask for ek and that’s what I was told. Some tie in with aether and ek F coming…
Nov 11, 2025 | 8:19 am
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Programs: Emirates, Etihad
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I have used 1903 lounge and also found it ok. My worry is the amount of passangers that may be using it at any one time. This lounge is already used by Qatar (alongside a couple of others) and Etihad are to use it when they move over the week before Emirates. It can also be booked by any traveller but interestingly there seems to be some times on a day when it cannot be booked, suggesting maybe they are expecting it to be very busy, unsurprisingly around the time when the three middle east carriers would be using it.
Nov 28, 2025 | 3:10 am
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Join Date: Jun 2022
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Flying on EK18 today in Business. Emirates are no longer using the 1903 lounge - now downgraded to Escape, with a roped off area at the back with no natural light. Apparently, this change started today.
It's a very poor space - it has the feel of a low quality paid lounge (which is exactly what it is).
It's a very poor space - it has the feel of a low quality paid lounge (which is exactly what it is).
Last edited by KYMS; Nov 28, 2025 at 3:35 am