On our way home from Crete, we had the opportunity to visit the new Aegean Business Lounge (Non-Schengen) at Athens International Airport.
The lounge opened in April 2022, with the aim of providing a relaxing retreat with state-of-the-art features that promotes Greek culture through its architecture, décor, and food.
Having no prior knowledge of the lounge, I had no clue what a treat my family was in for.
Aegean Business Lounge Athens (Non-Schengen) – Access
The new Aegean Business Lounge Athens (Non-Schengen) is located on the departures level, post-security, in the international departures area. In the below map, it’s the part of the airport that’s shaded in blue.
After security, walk through the duty free shop. As you exit the shop, you’ll enter the hallway that takes you to the A Gates, and you’ll see an overhead sign directing you to “Business Lounges”, located just before the Hugo Boss store.
Make a right here, and it’ll take you into an area with signage directing you to the four lounges upstairs, clearly identifying which airlines and programs have access to each.
Head up two sets of escalators, and you’ll reach the entrance to the lounge on the third floor. From the outside, the entrance looks quite modern and grand, with electronic glass gates that guard its entry, and a large skylight to brighten the entryway.
The dark blue against the stark white floors and surrounding walls really draws your attention towards the entrance, while the white floating motifs that represent flying gulls work well in portraying Aegean’s logo and identity.
The check-in desk is located outside of the lounge, and was manned by three staff members. Here, they’ll scan your boarding passes before asking you to proceed through the electronic gates.
The Aegean Business Lounge Athens (Non-Schengen) is open to passengers flying in Aegean business class and other Star Alliance airlines in business class, Miles+Bonus Gold passengers, as well as Star Alliance Gold members.
The lounge is open from 5am until midnight daily.
In our case, flying Air Canada business class back from Athens…
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