Prologue:
Hello and welcome to the continuation of my trip to Milos.We previously flew from Corfu to Athens in order to connect to this flight due to the lack of direct Corfu - Milos flights. Thankfully the leg from Athens to Milos is only about 40 min. (sometimes less) so this was not such a big hassle. In addition we had plenty of time for some lounge hopping so we visited the A3 and Goldair Handling lounges in Athens. We tried the LH lounge but since the flight was booked on OA even though they are a subsidiary of A3 we were refused entrance.
Here are are at the Schengen A3 lounge. Upon entering you will find some publications by the reception desk.
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The lounge is not big for being a hub lounge. A3 opened a new lounge on the non Schengen side that is supposed to be the pride of the network and a fitting lounge for its hub but unfortunately you can only access it if you are flying on *A to a non-Schengen destination.
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Buffet area.
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The only hot items you find at this lounge are the filled pastries.
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Liquor cart by the coffee counter. There is an attendant to make your hot drinks.
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The Goldair is located a few steps down from the A3 one. This lounge is part of the Priority Pass network and it is also used by AF and ITA.
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An efficient welcome at the desk.
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The lounge is not too big and can suffer from overcrowding. However I find that the catering is better than A3 and there are more choices for hot dishes.
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Drinks area.
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Buffet.
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========== Goldair Handling CIP Lounge Terminal B ==========
Summary:
Overall the lounges in the Schengen area of ATH do the job but they seem to suffer from not having enough space to accommodate guests during busy times. For a hub lounge I would expect A3 to be better and have more generous catering. In that regard the Goldair lounge had better catering with more choices especially hot dishes.I was impressed with this short flight on Olympic serving a snack and water for this 40 min. flight. The only downside was that the plane was not painted in the respective livery.
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