New SilverKris Lounge Melbourne

[EuroKick]

Hi all,

Here is Singapore Airlines new SilverKris Lounge at Melbourne airport. This new lounge sports a separate first class section and takes up the space vacated by The House.

It will open in September.

 

[henrus]

This new lounge sports a separate first class section and takes up the space vacated by The House.

Does this mean the house is closing?

 

[EuroKick]

Does this mean the house is closing?

It’s moved down to the old Cathay Pacific lounge - though ‘The House’ brand was retired quite a while ago too. Now the Aspire lounge.

 

[aspro2]

If it's opening in September that's two months earlier than they had anticipated (according to the rep I spoke to in March). Cool.

 

[Steady]

Bugger, I will be passing through at the beginning of August so will miss out

 

[dajop]

Nice, will the F section have tarmac views too, or will it remain "in the dark"?

 

[serfty]

Nice, will the F section have tarmac views too, or will it remain "in the dark"?

Given the House had tarmac views I suspect no dungeon.

Back in the VAi days, I recall looking out over gate 15 several times as I waited for boarding.

 

[dajop]

Given the House had tarmac views I suspect no dungeon.

Back in the VAi days, I recall looking out over gate 15 several times as I waited for boarding.

Have no doubt the whole lounge will have tarmac views. And you can see the F section from the front entrance it looks like it goes all the way to the window. But wouldn’t be out of character for SQ to leave the F lounge in the dark …

 

[Xtrap2.0]

This new lounge looks really impressive. A huge game changer from the old dungeon lounge.

However I cannot help but ask - are they really sure September is when it’ll open?

I welcome this news but I also note it’s quite a bit earlier than the original early 2027 ETA, and as I have a flight from MEL in October, as a Krisflyer Elite Gold, this has really gotten my hopes up. Maybe I’m overthinking it but while SQ has precedent for new Business Class seat products to be delayed, I guess it’s not really the same for new lounges?

If it does open in September then wonderful and I look forward to giving this forum a comprehensive review.

 

[serfty]

However I cannot help but ask - are they really sure September is when it’ll open?

In reality, a lounge existed in that space already. So infrastructure such as plumbing partition should already exist.

 

[jb747]

Mid November will work for me…