Admit it, it's the little things in life that make the enjoyment of air travel that bit better. Such as being able to luxuriate in an airport lounge away from the crowds and to dine, unwind, work, take yoga, or simply wrap yourself in comfort.
So we're glad to be bringing you great news that Priority Pass, an partner of The Wise Traveller, has added an incredible 59 new airport lounges in a variety of locations for 2019.
The lounges offer amenities such as Wi-Fi, superb dining, TV, newspapers and other associated services providing a place to unwind and regenerate for the next leg of your travel.
Priority Pass members can also use their lounge visit entitlements to receive substantial deductions off their bills from participating airport restaurants, such as Chef Geoff’s at Washington DC Dulles International.
Lounges include the Saphire Blue Sky Lounge at Indonesia's Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta Intl. Here you can stay for a maximum three hours during the 4am to 10pm opening daily, and all the requirements a passenger wants are all on tap.
You can also unwind in luxury at Oman's: Duqm Intl's Primeclass Duqm, as well as at Lagos Murtala Muhammed, First Lounge, in Nigeria, and Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Intl's Blue Ribbon Club Lounge. Other highlights include Istanbul Ataturk's Comfort Lounge II in International Terminal and San Francisco Intl's Yankee Pier seafood restaurant, in T3.
Here the full list of new airport lounges affiliated to Priority Pass:
AFRICA (6)
- NIGERIA: Lagos Murtala Muhammed, First Lounge, International Terminal
- NIGERIA: Abuja Nnamdi Azikiwe Intl, Airspace Lounge, Domestic Terminal
- SENEGAL: Dakar Blaise Diagne Intl, Top Kapi Lounge
- SENEGAL: Dakar Blaise Diagne Intl, Infinite Lounge
- SENEGAL: Dakar Blaise Diagne Intl, Odyssee Lounge
- SOUTH SUDAN: Juba International, Triple 'A' Lounge, T1
ASIA: (20)
- CHINA: Guangzhou Baiyun Intl, Easy-boarding Lounge, T2
- CHINA: Guangzhou Baiyun Intl, Premium Lounge, T2
- CHINA: Zhengzhou Xingzheng Intl, First Class Lounge, T2
- CHINA: Dalian Zhoushuizi Intl, Golden Century VIP Lounge
- CHINA: Lijiang Sanyi, Golden Century VIP Lounge, Domestic Terminal
- INDIA: Thiruvananthapuram Intl, Bird Lounge, T2
- INDIA: Chandigarh, CITCO Executive Lounge
- INDIA: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Intl, Travel Club, T2
- INDIA: Ahmedabad SVBP Intl, Plaza Premium Lounge, T2
- INDIA: Kozhikode Calicut Intl, Bird Lounge, T2
- INDIA: Guwahati L.G.B. Intl, Prive Lounge
- INDONESIA: Surabaya Juanda Intl, Blue Sky Executive Lounge, T 1A
- INDONESIA: Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta Intl, Saphire Blue Sky Lounge, T3
- PHILIPPINES: Manila Ninoy Aquino Intl, PAGSS Lounge
- THAILAND: Hat Yai Intl, The Coral Executive Lounge, T1
- THAILAND: Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Intl, Blue Ribbon Club Lounge, Intl Concourse D
- THAILAND: Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Intl: Blue Ribbon Club Lounge, Domestic Concourse A
- VIETNAM: Hanoi Noi Bai Intl, Song Hong Business Lounge, T2
- VIETNAM: Hanoi Noi Bai Intl, Song Hong Premium Lounge, T1
- VIETNAM: Nha Trang Cam Ranh Intl, Lotus Lounge, T2
EUROPE (6)
- FINLAND: Helsinki Vantaa, Fly Inn Restaurant, T2
- GERMANY: Munich-Franz-Josef Strauss, Airport Lounge World, T1
- RUSSIA: Kazan Intl, Air Lounge, T 1A
- RUSSIA: Ulyanovsk Baratayevka, Business Lounge
- RUSSIA: Moscow Vnukovo Intl, Prokofiev Premier Lounge by UTG Aviation Services, T A TURKEY: Istanbul Ataturk, Comfort Lounge II in International Terminal
LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN (5)
- BRAZIL: Curitiba Afonso Pena Intl, Break Travel Lounge
- COLOMBIA: Medellin JM Codova, The Lounge Medellin
- COSTA RICA: Liberia Daniel Oduber Quiros Intl, VIP Lounge Liberia
- PANAMA: Panama Tocumen Intl, The Lounge Panama by Global Lounge Network
- VENEZUELA: Caracas Simon Bolivar Intl, Italviajes Salon VIP
MIDDLE EAST (3)
- KUWAIT: Kuwait Intl, Al Mubarakiya Lounge
- LEBANON: Beirut Rafic Hariri Intl, Ahlein-Premium Lounge
- OMAN: Duqm Intl, Primeclass Duqm
NORTH AMERICA (19)
- MEXICO: Monterrey Mariano Escobedo Intl, Oma Premium Lounge, T B
- MEXICO: Mexico City Benito Juarez Intl, The Grand Lounge Elite, T2
- MEXICO: Mexico City Benito Juarez Intl, Terraza by The Grand Lounge Elite, T1
- MEXICO: Puerto Vallarta Intl, VIP Lounge Puerto Vallarta Arrivals
- MEXICO: San Luis Potosi Ponciano Arriaga Intl, Oma Premium Lounge
- MEXICO: Puerto Vallarta Intl, VIP Lounge Puerto Vallarta International
- MEXICO: Monterrey Mariano Escobedo Intl, Terraza Premier Aeromexico by Heineken, T B
- PUERTO RICO: San Juan Intl, The Lounge San Juan by Global Lounge Network, T A
- USA: Atlanta GA Intl, Minute Suites, Concourse T
- USA: Boston MA Logan Intl, Stephanie's, T B
- USA: Detroit MI Metropolitan Wayne County, Lufthansa Business Lounge, North Terminal
- USA: Houston TX George Bush Intl, Cadillac Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar, T A
- USA: Houston TX George Bush Intl, Landry's Seafood, T C
- USA: Los Angeles CA LAX Intl, P.F.Chang's, Tom Bradley International Terminal
- USA: San Francisco CA Intl, Yankee Pier, T3
- USA: San Francisco CA Intl, San Francisco Giants Clubhouse, T3
- USA: Tampa FL Intl, The Café by Mise en Place, Airside F
- USA: Washington DC Dulles Intl, Chef Geoff's, Concourse C
- USA: Washington DC National, American Tap Room, Terminal C
The additions bring the total portfolio of lounges under the Priority Pass brand to 1,263 facilities.
For more details and to view the lounges, follow this link: https://www.prioritypass.com/en/airport-lounges/lounge-updates
Andy Probert is an experienced freelance business travel journalist and PR specialist.
