Delhi Lounge
Jun 12, 2023, 4:47 am
#1
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Delhi Lounge
Is anyone aware of what oneworld lounges are being used in DEL.
Flying DEL-HEL in J on AY next month.
it it saying all affiliate lounges are closed?
Flying DEL-HEL in J on AY next month.
it it saying all affiliate lounges are closed?
Jun 12, 2023, 5:02 am
#2
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It seems there is currently no lounge provision at DEL, the information has been removed from Finnair website and the lounge used by Finnair, Plaza Premium, has been removed from the Plaza Premium website.
Jun 12, 2023, 10:31 am
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Jun 13, 2023, 10:30 am
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neon_crossin Please update us on your experience. I have a flight coming up in September.
Jun 15, 2023, 8:22 am
#6
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Riding this thread. Hopefully allowed.
The whole lounge situation seems to be some what chaotic overall DEL and India in general.
Abrupt departure of the previous lounge operator, oddly scant information on the future of lounges at DEL and seeing now Encalm lounges with quite limited access popping up makes me a bit worried what the experience will be like in a weeks time on the ground.
Have to spend some time at DEL after arrival from AUH and was hoping to do that in a lounge.
Anyone have any information if this is even possible nowadays?
Could not figure out if there are currently any landside accessible lounges. If I remember correctly there was one previously operated by Plaza Premium but that is no gone.
The whole lounge situation seems to be some what chaotic overall DEL and India in general.
Abrupt departure of the previous lounge operator, oddly scant information on the future of lounges at DEL and seeing now Encalm lounges with quite limited access popping up makes me a bit worried what the experience will be like in a weeks time on the ground.
Have to spend some time at DEL after arrival from AUH and was hoping to do that in a lounge.
Anyone have any information if this is even possible nowadays?
Could not figure out if there are currently any landside accessible lounges. If I remember correctly there was one previously operated by Plaza Premium but that is no gone.
Jun 19, 2023, 2:20 am
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Jun 19, 2023, 2:38 am
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There are at least 8 OW airlines flying out of DEL T3. Wouldn't it make sense to open a OW lounge there? Especially in the current situation it wouldn't need to be anything out of this world, just a calm and quiet place to wait for your flight, with some drinks and snacks available.
Jun 19, 2023, 2:55 am
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There are at least 8 OW airlines flying out of DEL T3. Wouldn't it make sense to open a OW lounge there? Especially in the current situation it wouldn't need to be anything out of this world, just a calm and quiet place to wait for your flight, with some drinks and snacks available.
I see this also with "AY should focus on India now" posts. It just seems like it's a difficult environment to operate in even if it theoretically makes sense.
Jun 19, 2023, 3:31 am
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Seems to be very difficult. AY wanted to switch from the Sino-Japanese strategy to some North-American-Indian quasistrategy, which for now has meant the start and end of BOM, that's it. I am not all that sure they make money on the DEL route, either. There is a lot of competition and AY has no special advantage, flight length or otherwise.
Jun 19, 2023, 4:23 am
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Foreign airlines allowed to operate lounges in India? India hasn’t really been into that going back at least a half century or maybe even back to before 1959. Except for Indian airlines and government-operated lounges, everything else in the premium passenger lounge realm at DEL has been very much restricted by what they will allow foreign company operators to do at Indian airports beyond just flying. Just try to look at what the Indian government did to the lounge operator Plaza Premium — literally forced it out of business at Indian airports so the government could pick its government-cheerleading favorite to grab that business instead.
The Indian government is on a modified kick of import substitution with government crony capitalism bigger than ever. That’s going to give Finnair major headwinds in trying to do more with India service than it’s already done. Even a bunch of the AY India service was tied up with what Tata would mean for the airline and for Finland. Guess where Tata is today: less needful of the ground presence in Finland than before; and with ownership of an Air India the Tatas and the Indian Government want to see grab marketshare from foreign operators and will do whatever it takes to substitute “foreign” with “domestic”.
The Indian government is on a modified kick of import substitution with government crony capitalism bigger than ever. That’s going to give Finnair major headwinds in trying to do more with India service than it’s already done. Even a bunch of the AY India service was tied up with what Tata would mean for the airline and for Finland. Guess where Tata is today: less needful of the ground presence in Finland than before; and with ownership of an Air India the Tatas and the Indian Government want to see grab marketshare from foreign operators and will do whatever it takes to substitute “foreign” with “domestic”.
Jun 19, 2023, 9:12 am
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Few years ago (6-7 years ago) I had used lufthansa lounge at DEL and there used to be SilverKris as well, no idea about current status.