New Qantas London First Lounge + other lounge upgrades

RooFlyer said:
As far as I know, the HBA Master Plan has a runway strengthening first, funded largely by the taxpayers (its owned by Schiphol), then some terminal work. As I can't see the taxpayers forking out abt $100mill or so for an overseas owned airport, the chances of a terminal upgrade and a new QP is about zero (as @jakeseven7 notes).
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Hobart Airport doesn't even have jetbridges or a full length taxiway on the single runway and they claim it's a "modern" airport. Right...
 
Good to see some new lounges rolled out. I’ll pop into the HKG QF lounge one day when it’s completed but when the CX lounges are so good I’d imagine it will only be a brief stay 🤣
 
MEL J lounge - mixed feelings - apart from the "dungeon" feel due to no natural light then the actual hard product is fine for what it is. If they can somehow overcome the dungeon feel then good.

But IMHO, with SIN lounge (J) being my main point of comparison, it's the soft product, catering and beverages that let the lounge down big time compared to what is provided in the SIN lounge. Maybe they need to invest some money to create a bar, but surely in the interim there is a way of improving catering?
 
jpp42 said:
Hobart Airport doesn't even have jetbridges or a full length taxiway on the single runway and they claim it's a "modern" airport. Right...
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Hobart and Adelaide were equal dumps for a while, then Adelaide decided they were too embarrassed to be an equivalent dump to Hobart, bulldozed their terminal and moved on.

Hobart remains of all the states by far the worst capital airport in the country.
 
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jakeseven7 said:
Hobart and Adelaide were equal dumps for a while, then Adelaide decided they were too embarrassed to be an equivalent dump to Hobart, bulldozed their terminal and moved on.

Hobart remains of all the states by far the worst capital airport in the country.
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The ADL International was the truly embarrassing bit and the first to be bulldozed. The current terminal is actually on the site. The old terminal, which I only flew out of once on at tag flight to SYD was like an indoor basketball court with doors on the corners (aka boarding gates). Yes, basically a hanger…
 
SYD said:
The ADL International was the truly embarrassing bit and the first to be bulldozed. The current terminal is actually on the site. The old terminal, which I only flew out of once on at tag flight to SYD was like an indoor basketball court with doors on the corners (aka boarding gates). Yes, basically a hanger…
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I’ve seen nicer basketball courts than HBA and the old ADL 😉
 
I hope it's not too late for QF to include a dedicated "quiet" zone in the new lounges, both domestic and international. It's time that lounge patrons were given the opportunity to access a seperate, perhaps even an enclosed area, where the use of audible electronic devices (eg. mobile phones and video games) and children under the age of ,say 10 years are not allowed.
 
jakeseven7 said:
Ohhh yay to Hong Kong re-opening, loved the coughtails there!

Hobart - will happen about as soon as the VA2 lounge opens.... ie never.

Melbourne J - excellent news, its a big space I'm sure they can do much better with it.
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Anyone have an inkling of the actual date of re-opening in Apr? Flying in-out of HKG weekly again so nice to know the bolt-hole has returned...
 
I was pretty disappointed with the BA F (non-Concorde) lounge in LHR T5 earlier this year. Nowhere near the level of AA Flagship, let alone QF Flounge.

This is very good news.
 
justinbrett said:
I was pretty disappointed with the BA F (non-Concorde) lounge in LHR T5 earlier this year. Nowhere near the level of AA Flagship, let alone QF Flounge.

This is very good news.
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It's a long time since I was there so it may have changed, but I thought the BA F Lounge was rather good. Heaps of light, tarmac views, comfortable seating (which is never a given in lounges, it seems), plenty of catering, Champagne bar, different zones/rooms, spa, never a queue for showers, plenty of decor to create visual interest. What more were you hoping for?
 
Mr H said:
It's a long time since I was there so it may have changed, but I thought the BA F Lounge was rather good. Heaps of light, tarmac views, comfortable seating (which is never a given in lounges, it seems), plenty of catering, Champagne bar, different zones/rooms, spa, never a queue for showers, plenty of decor to create visual interest. What more were you hoping for?
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Could barely find a seat (it was a zoo), almost non existent hot food options, very slow service. It was probably most comparable to the QF SYD Int J lounge. I used it three times this year so not a one off.

I guess you haven’t been since covid. I prefer the BA J lounge pre covid to this one post covid.
 
justinbrett said:
Could barely find a seat (it was a zoo), almost non existent hot food options, very slow service. It was probably most comparable to the QF SYD Int J lounge. I used it three times this year so not a one off.

I guess you haven’t been since covid. I prefer the BA J lounge pre covid to this one post covid.
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That's a shame. I always thought it was an example of how a really good lounge didn't need bling. I was in the T3 BA J lounge last year and it was comfortable and had plentiful food - including the ageless bacon butties.
 
JBH said:
Anyone have an inkling of the actual date of re-opening in Apr? Flying in-out of HKG weekly again so nice to know the bolt-hole has returned...
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This is QF. Announce something today for something that might materialise in a completely different form in at least 5 years time.
 

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