{"id":6588,"date":"2019-11-11T17:42:59","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T23:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=6588"},"modified":"2019-11-11T17:43:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T23:43:11","slug":"swiss-opens-new-alpine-lounge-at-zurich-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=6588","title":{"rendered":"SWISS Opens New Alpine Lounge at Zurich Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/550812_v2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/550812_v2.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/550812_v2-300x224.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SWISS opened a new-style lounge with alpine flair and a modern food and beverage concept in Zurich Airport\u2019s Terminal A today. The new SWISS Alpine Lounge is available to Miles &amp; More Senators and Star Alliance Gold Members, along with Business Class travelers on SWISS and other Lufthansa Group airlines.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) opened a new lounge at its Zurich hub today that offers its visitors a multi-sensual airport lounge experience. The 500-square-metre SWISS Alpine Lounge occupies the former location of the First Class Lounge in the airport\u2019s Terminal A, and can accommodate up to 100 travelers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A mountain hut with quality Swiss materials\u00a0<\/strong><br>Zurich\u2019s new SWISS Alpine Lounge blends all the charm of a rustic yet contemporary mountain hut with the comforts and the style features of the familiar SWISS lounges. Of particular note are the light-wood elements and the bespoke furniture, much of it hand-made by Swiss craftsfolk. The quality alpine-style carpets and cushion covers are also hand-crafted and sourced from small Swiss manufacturers. Large communal wooden tables underscore the hut-like ambience, while the high windows offer fabulous views of the apron area and its flight activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/550814_v3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/550814_v3.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/550814_v3-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A modern food and beverage concept around a rustic oven\u00a0<\/strong><br>SWISS has taken a new direction with the lounge\u2019s food concept, too. The centrepiece of the new SWISS Alpine Lounge is a rustic oven in which seasonal dishes are prepared. Guests are additionally offered a range of further ingredients to tailor their food to their particular taste. These individualization options also help to reduce food waste. The beverages on offer include a selection of local Swiss wines and spirits. And the wines are served using a new and more ecofriendly dispensing system that enhances both the quality of the wine and the lounge\u2019s recycling credentials.The new SWISS Alpine Lounge is open Mondays to Fridays from 05:30 to 18:30. The lounge is available to Miles &amp; More Senators, Star Alliance Gold Members and Business Class travellers on SWISS and other Lufthansa Group airlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/550813_v2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/550813_v2.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/550813_v2-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) opened a new lounge at its Zurich hub today that offers its visitors a multi-sensual airport lounge experience. The 500-square-metre SWISS Alpine Lounge occupies the former location of the First Class Lounge in the airport\u2019s Terminal A, and can accommodate up to 100 travelers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[797,3965,89,5637,5992,7929,2203,5676,868,1103],"tags":[525,118,92,2415,8060,160,6195,7223,988,851,8063,954,6895,8068,8069,8065,2916,4160,8066,5253,745,8062,199,1435,1716,137,2687,3861,4228,7348,2667,718,412,6104,8067,3057,3978,8061,8071,2686,5549,1695,3967,5484,1691,1658,3701,8070,8064,1693],"class_list":["post-6588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airline-news","category-airport-news","category-aviation-news","category-business-news","category-economic-news","category-european-news","category-finance-news","category-international-news","category-transportation-news","category-travel-news","tag-air-lines","tag-airlines","tag-airport","tag-alliance","tag-alpine","tag-aviation","tag-bespoke","tag-beverage","tag-business","tag-class","tag-comforts","tag-concept","tag-contemporary","tag-craftsfolk","tag-dishes","tag-elements","tag-experience","tag-food","tag-furniture","tag-gold","tag-group","tag-hut","tag-international","tag-light","tag-lounge","tag-lufthansa","tag-members","tag-miles","tag-modern","tag-more","tag-mountain","tag-new","tag-news","tag-opens","tag-oven","tag-rustic","tag-seasonal","tag-senators","tag-spirits","tag-star","tag-style","tag-swiss","tag-terminal","tag-terminal-a","tag-transport","tag-transportation","tag-travelers","tag-wines","tag-wood","tag-zurich"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6588","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=6588"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6593,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6588\/revisions\/6593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}