Qantas will finally open its new lounge at Rockhampton Airport tomorrow (16 November 2022).

Located upstairs and offering tarmac views, the new Rockhampton Qantas Club has seating for up to 65 people and is around double the size of the previous lounge at the same airport. Seating options include high tables designed for working and there is high-speed wifi available.

Like at other Qantas regional lounges, snacks and drinks will be available. Australian beer and wine will also be offered in the afternoon.

The former Qantas Club in Rockhampton closed along with the rest of the lounge network in early 2020 due to COVID-19. During 2020, Rockhampton Airport was subsequently redeveloped and construction began on the new lounge.

I passed through Rockhampton Airport several times in 2021 and was informed each time that the lounge would open soon, but the local staff didn’t know when or why it was taking so long. Luckily for Rockhampton-based Qantas flyers, the wait is now over!

The lounge will be open one hour prior to each Qantas flight departure from Rockhampton Airport.

The Rockhampton Qantas Club was one of only two lounges in the airline’s domestic network not to have reopened yet after the pandemic. The other domestic lounge that hasn’t yet reopened, in Port Hedland, is also expected to open in the near future following a refurbishment.

Qantas announced in August that it will upgrade its lounges in Adelaide and Auckland next year.

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