QF First Lounge in Singapore

[QFflyermelbourne]

"Around Christmas", you'll be fine.

Thanks David!

 

[JessicaTam]

I will be in SIN in the middle of December, so hopefully open by then.

 

[DavidFlynn]

Yep.

 

[muppet]

"Around Christmas", you'll be fine.

Is that from a confirmed source, David?
Or have you visited the site?

If it’s just the QF media release then I’ll take it with an A380 of salt ... never has QF delivered a lounge per its published schedule.

 

[esseeeayeenn]

I just hope this marks the end of the combined "premium lounge" concept and leads to F lounges in places like LHR as well.

 

[trippin_the_rift]

I took this photo a couple of months back.

Can get an idea of the space

 

[Ansett]

I hope that they close that roof off unlike the current lounge and go away from the cold concrete and go back to a warmer quieter lounge as befitting of a First Lounge

 

[DavidFlynn]

My understanding from speaking with the SiN business lounge designer at the lounge opening is that the exposed ceiling was actually mandated by the airport authority for safety reasons - if I recall, it had to do with overhead sprinklers - and it certainly was not his or Qantas’ design decidon.

 

[muppet]

My understanding from speaking with the SiN business lounge designer at the lounge opening is that the exposed ceiling was actually mandated by the airport authority for safety reasons - if I recall, it had to do with overhead sprinklers - and it certainly was not his or Qantas’ design decidon.

Unusual that the SATS and BA lounges metres away were exempted from that policy ....

 

[JessicaTam]

Unusual that the SATS and BA lounges metres away were exempted from that policy ....

And most of the terminal! I have stared at enough hotel ceilings to know that open ceilings are a rarity and unlikely to be mandatory.

 

[DavidFlynn]

Unusual that the SATS and BA lounges metres away were exempted from that policy ....

This could be more a matter of each lounge's floorplan – p'haps the QF lounge's large open footprint required a longer 'throw' for sprinklers which in turn had to be higher and exposed? I don't know if this is the exact reason, not being a sprinkler / fire safety expert, but the designer told me this was one of a few aspects of the QF SIN lounge where architect design met Changi Airport reality with a thud, and Changi won.

 

[DavidFlynn]

FYI, the Qantas Singapore First Lounge will open sometime in November.

 

[DavidFlynn]

Is that from a confirmed source, David?

Qantas source.

 

[Mike65]

I might have missed this but where is it going to be located?

 

[jase05]

Opened today according to this article.
Also has a brief mention of the new F lounge

Newly-expanded Qantas Singapore lounge eases the squeeze

Qantas Club members and lounge pass holders are once again welcome at the airline's Singapore lounge.

www.executivetraveller.com

 

[moa999]

I might have missed this but where is it going to be located?

Still in Terminal 1, but in the D Wing, rather than the C Wing.
Layouts a little different over that side as there is a food court of sorts and the Aerotel hotel and pool

Qantas to open new Singapore first class lounge in 2019

Qantas will open a new first class lounge at Singapore's Changi Airport and also increase the capacity of the current Qantas Singapore lounge, which will be rebadged as a business class lounge. The new Qantas Singapore First lounge Due to open by the end of 2019, the new Qantas Singapore First...

www.executivetraveller.com

 

[Mike65]

Opened today according to this article.
Also has a brief mention of the new F lounge

Newly-expanded Qantas Singapore lounge eases the squeeze

Qantas Club members and lounge pass holders are once again welcome at the airline's Singapore lounge.

www.executivetraveller.com

Thanks Jase, but that announcement is regarding an extension of the existing hold-all lounge. The new "First" lounge opening later this year will be accessible by F class travellers or QF WP and above. My question was where the new lounge would be located? Cheers,

 

[Mike65]

Still in Terminal 1, but in the D Wing, rather than the C Wing.
Layouts a little different over that side as there is a food court of sorts and the Aerotel hotel and pool

Qantas to open new Singapore first class lounge in 2019

Qantas will open a new first class lounge at Singapore's Changi Airport and also increase the capacity of the current Qantas Singapore lounge, which will be rebadged as a business class lounge. The new Qantas Singapore First lounge Due to open by the end of 2019, the new Qantas Singapore First...

www.executivetraveller.com

Thanks Moa. Quite a few flights recently seem to be coming into D now.

 

[jase05]

Thanks Jase, but that announcement is regarding an extension of the existing hold-all lounge. The new "First" lounge opening later this year will be accessible by F class travellers or QF WP and above. My question was where the new lounge would be located? Cheers,

Sorry, my post wasn’t meant to be in response to yours above. Was just posting info on the J lounge as the thread entails

 

[mrsterryn]

Any updated news on the expectedly opening date ?