Cathay Lounge at Manila

[Foreigner]

AustBT reports new lounge open:

Cathay Pacific opens new Manila airport lounge - Australian Business Traveller

One of the best lounges in one of the worst airports in the region.

 

[YSSY]

AustBT reports new lounge open:

Cathay Pacific opens new Manila airport lounge - Australian Business Traveller

One of the best lounges in one of the worst airports in the region.

It's improving, still not amazing, but the move to Terminal 3 is seeing some good changes happening... slowly...

Qantas is still using the old Cathay lounge, which is appalling. I don't go to Manila often, but think next time will consider Cathay for various reasons, including avoiding the redeye QF20.

 

[jetlagger]

AustBT reports new lounge open:

Cathay Pacific opens new Manila airport lounge - Australian Business Traveller

One of the best lounges in one of the worst airports in the region.

The lounge/s provides some respite from the disaster of Manila airport/s.
The arrival & departure formalities are still frustrating at the best of times.

 

[whughes3]

It's improving, still not amazing, but the move to Terminal 3 is seeing some good changes happening... slowly...

Qantas is still using the old Cathay lounge, which is appalling. I don't go to Manila often, but think next time will consider Cathay for various reasons, including avoiding the redeye QF20.

Qantas is now using a lounge on the other pier, which IIRC used to be the DL lounge. It is much better than the old CX lounge.

 

[YSSY]

Qantas is now using a lounge on the other pier, which IIRC used to be the DL lounge. It is much better than the old CX lounge.

I may be wrong, but I think they swap the lounge they use depending on which gate the aircraft arrives on, at least thats the impression I was given, with both lounges run by the same operator now.

 

[JohnK]

Any improvement on the old lounge has got to be good.

 

[whughes3]

I may be wrong, but I think they swap the lounge they use depending on which gate the aircraft arrives on, at least thats the impression I was given, with both lounges run by the same operator now.

The lounge I mentioned was in use in my last 2 flights ex-MNL, which left from different piers. The area occupied by the old CX lounge (as well as the old QF lounge) is currently under renovation.

 

[whughes3]

...and, just to make a liar of me, QF are now back to using the former CX lounge for MNL departures. This has been (temporarily?) re-badged as the PAGSS lounge, which was previously the old SQ lounge.