oneworld opens its second worldwide lounge in Amsterdam

In the past few days I passed through Seoul, But traveling on a Vietnam Airlines ticket, I could not peek inside the brand new oneworld lounge, the first of this alliance in the world. From tomorrow, however, the Korean lounge will no longer be alone, as the new lounge at Amsterdam's Schipol Airport will be operational from 5:30 am.

The new oneworld lounge in Amsterdam

For those familiar with the non-Schengen area of the Dutch airport. the lounge took the place of the old British Airways lounge, never reopened since the outbreak of the pandemic will be replaced by this new lounge directly owned by the alliance.

The hall shares access with the Aspire lounge, the Dutch airport's only independent lounge.

The 473-square-meter hall offers a wide choice of seating in a spacious, bright and modern environment and Can accommodate 118 people.

Eight oneworld airlines take off from this airport, and of these only Iberia and Finnair passengers will not have the opportunity to take advantage of it since the routes to Madrid and Helsinki are operated from the Schengen zone of the busy Dutch airport.

Access will be restricted to oneworld Emerald and Sapphire members., as well as to those traveling in business and first class with oneworld airlines. Overall, oneworld airlines operate more than 200 flights a week to Amsterdam.

The statements

Julio Rodriguez, Chief Commercial Strategy Officer of International Airlines Group (IAG), said, "As the alliance celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.; it is great to see that customers from all member airlines will benefit from access to Oneworld's first branded lounge experience in Europe. With oneworld carriers jointly operating more than 200 flights per week, the launch of the new lounge will further strengthen the alliance's presence at Schiphol and benefit IAG customers flying to and through this key market in Europe."

Neil Chernoff, Director of Networks and Alliances at British Airways, said, "As a founding member of oneworld 25 years ago, British Airways is proud to support the opening of the alliance's first fully branded European lounge. Amsterdam is very popular with our customers as we operate up to There are one hundred and sixteen flights a week from London, along with our subsidiary airlines. Being part of the oneworld alliance gives our customers access to some 900 destinations around the world, and we look forward to continuing to be part of its continued success."

Gerhard Girkinger, oneworld Vice President, Customer Experience, Delivery and Membership, said, "The launch of our first oneworld-branded lounge in Europe - following the recent opening of our lounge at Incheon International Airport in Seoul - is a proud moment for everyone connected with the world's leading airline alliance. It is also great for our customers who enjoy premium benefits and luxury air travel when they fly with oneworld member airlines. The new lounge at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol was opened in celebration of our 25th anniversary and offers a contemporary environment that meets the diverse needs of oneworld customers. We created a lounge that supports our vision of making travel bright. Customers can expect a modern environment that blends refined facilities and furnishings with digital technologies and warm, ergonomic seating areas, offering a memorable travel experience."

David Collyer, Global Vice President Executive Lounges of Swissport International AG, said, "After working with the oneworld alliance on their fully branded lounge in Incheon, we are pleased to be working together again on the first Oneworld lounge in Europe, which looks fantastic. Our hospitality products are carefully developed to meet the unique and evolving needs of our airlines, alliances, and airport partners. Swissport and our ASPIRE team have applied the same standard of excellence to the oneworld lounge in Amsterdam."