{"id":11120,"date":"2021-10-27T18:34:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T23:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=11120"},"modified":"2021-10-27T18:44:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T23:44:55","slug":"qantas-to-open-pop-up-transit-lounge-at-darwin-international-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=11120","title":{"rendered":"QANTAS to Open Pop-up Transit Lounge at Darwin International Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Qantas will open a temporary lounge to cater for eligible customers travelling between Sydney and London via Darwin from next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It follows the recent announcement that Qantas\u2019 flagship Australia to United Kingdom route would operate via Darwin once Australia\u2019s international borders open on 1 November until at least April 2022 due to WA border closures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qantas will lease Darwin International Airport\u2019s Catalina lounge, which will have space for approximately 100 guests utilising existing furniture and fittings. The offering will feature:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Service delivered by local Qantas lounge team members, including a signature welcome mocktail (Top End Lemonade) and refreshing cold towels.<\/li><li>Generous lounge and dining areas with a serviced buffet<\/li><li>Tailored menus for time of day, drawing on local culinary influences such as a Darwin markets inspired Asian style soup.<\/li><li>Premium Australian wines, beers and non-alcoholic drinks offered by a dedicated bar attendant<\/li><li>Power points through the space to recharge on the fly<\/li><li>Bathroom facilities<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/QANTAS-Pop-up-Lounge-Darwin-International-Airport.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/QANTAS-Pop-up-Lounge-Darwin-International-Airport.png 640w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/QANTAS-Pop-up-Lounge-Darwin-International-Airport-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/QANTAS-Pop-up-Lounge-Darwin-International-Airport-600x450.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Qantas Group Chief Customer Officer, Stephanie Tully, said the national carrier is delighted to work with Darwin International Airport to ensure a comfortable transit experience for its top tier frequent flyers and customers travelling in Business Class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Customers eligible to visit the Qantas Darwin International Transit Lounge include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Platinum One, Platinum, Gold Qantas Frequent Flyers and Qantas Club members<\/li><li>Customers travelling in Business Class<\/li><li>Eligible\u00a0<strong>oneworld<\/strong> partner members<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Qantas will also reopen its Sydney International First Lounge from 1 November and its London and Los Angeles lounges in December.&nbsp; In the interim few weeks of operation, eligible Qantas customers will be able to visit the British Airways T3 Lounge at London Heathrow and the Star Alliance Lounge at Tom Bradley International Terminal in LA.&nbsp; Other international lounges will reopen to align with the return of further international routes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qantas will open a temporary lounge to cater for eligible customers travelling between Sydney and London via Darwin from next month.<\/p>\n<p>Click the image above to read the full story!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10172,4510,10174,797,3965,9181,89,5637,13618,8222,10701,10700,5992,5670,7929,2203,5500,4957,13021,5676,10355,10169,10617,10176,1397,10173,10195,10171,868,10182,1103],"tags":[167,92,625,2415,2813,1480,876,160,14783,8834,624,988,14528,851,2698,4512,3796,9614,12270,507,1671,11984,2290,5253,3297,199,2933,87,2811,1716,2687,412,618,439,2603,5519,5013,10687,594,485,1762,2686,101,1756,14784,7236,6036,3378,1176,1691,1658,1916,1630,444,8070],"class_list":["post-11120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aerospace","category-aerospace-news","category-airline","category-airline-news","category-airport-news","category-australia-news","category-aviation-news","category-business-news","category-communications-news","category-consumer-news","category-coronavirus","category-covid-19","category-economic-news","category-economy-news","category-european-news","category-finance-news","category-frequent-flyer-news","category-global-politics","category-great-britain","category-international-news","category-diversity","category-news","category-pacifica","category-stock-news-2","category-stock-news","category-stockairline","category-transport","category-transportation","category-transportation-news","category-travel","category-travel-news","tag-aerospace","tag-airport","tag-airways","tag-alliance","tag-angeles","tag-australia","tag-australian","tag-aviation","tag-beers","tag-borders","tag-british","tag-business","tag-catalina","tag-class","tag-club","tag-communications","tag-customers","tag-darwin","tag-eligible","tag-england","tag-first","tag-flyers","tag-frequent","tag-gold","tag-heathrow","tag-international","tag-kingdom","tag-london","tag-los","tag-lounge","tag-members","tag-news","tag-one","tag-oneworld","tag-open","tag-operate","tag-partner","tag-platinum","tag-premium","tag-qantas","tag-route","tag-star","tag-stock","tag-sydney","tag-t3-lounge","tag-temporary","tag-tier","tag-top","tag-transit","tag-transport","tag-transportation","tag-travel","tag-uk","tag-united","tag-wines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11123,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11120\/revisions\/11123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}