{"id":2574,"date":"2009-12-07T07:51:39","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T13:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=2574"},"modified":"2016-12-16T23:47:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T05:47:31","slug":"airport-news-terminal-changes-club-privileges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/airport-news-terminal-changes-club-privileges\/","title":{"rendered":"Airport news: terminal changes, club privileges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2821\" title=\"skyteampartnerscolor\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/skyteampartnerscolor-300x185.png\" alt=\"airlines\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" \/>By Joe Brancatelli<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>AIRPORT REPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow the Bouncing Airlines:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>SkyTeam Alliance<\/strong> is moving to new facilities in two major international airports. At <strong>London\/Heathrow<\/strong>, for example, SkyTeam is essentially taking over <strong>Terminal 4<\/strong>, British Airways&#8217; former digs. (BA is now in the new Terminal 5.) Three SkyTeam carriers &#8212; <a title=\"Delta: Flights to top destinations on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/GDDC?deal_id=air-delta-air-lines\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Delta Air Lines<\/strong><\/a>, KLM and Kenya &#8212; are already sharing a new 1,600-square-meter check-in facility. Several more SkyTeam carriers (Aeroflot, Air France, Alitalia, Czech and Korean) move in during the rest of this month. And a second level of a shared SkyTeam lounge is scheduled to open next week.<\/li>\n<li><!--more-->The first level opened in the spring. Meanwhile, the SkyTeam carriers have completed their move into new facilities in Terminal 1 in <strong>Barcelona<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hong Kong<\/strong> travelers take note: Check-in counters for 15 airlines using Terminal 1 have been relocated to new digs elsewhere in the building.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Oneworld Alliance<\/strong> fliers using Helsinki take note: Finnair and several other Oneworld carriers (British Airways, Iberia and Malev) have moved to Terminal 5. Qantas opened a new lounge on Level 5 of Hong Kong International. It is also available to qualifying Oneworld members.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Continental Airlines on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/GDDC?deal_id=air-continental-airlines\" target=\"_blank\">Continental<\/a> Presidents Club<\/strong> members can access <strong><a title=\"United Airlines on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/GDDC?deal_id=air-united-airlines\" target=\"_blank\">United<\/a> Red Carpet<\/strong> and <strong><a title=\"US Airways flight deals on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/GDDC?deal_id=air-us-airways\" target=\"_blank\">US Airways<\/a> Club<\/strong> lounges without a same-day ticketing requirement. Red Carpet and US Airways Club members have similar (but not exact) privileges at the Presidents Clubs. It&#8217;s all part of Continental&#8217;s move to the Star Alliance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Related Orbitz resources:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Business travel on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=roadwarrior&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Business travel<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Cheap flights, cheap tickets on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PrepareFlightsTab\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Flights<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"London hotels on Orbitz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/London-Hotels.d178279.Travel-Guide-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\">London hotels<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Barcelona hotels on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/hotels\/Spain\/Barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Barcelona hotels<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Hong Kong hotels on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/hotels\/Hong_Kong\" target=\"_blank\">Hong Kong hotels<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Joe Brancatelli is editor and publisher of <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.joesentme.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">JoeSentMe.com<\/a>, a non-commercial Web site for business travelers. Copyright 2009 by Joe Brancatelli. 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