I was in Eleftherios Venizelos airport in Athens and I thought ‘Let me pop in to the SkyServ Aristotle Onassis lounge with Priority Pass to wait for my flight”.
https://www.prioritypass.com/lounges/greece/athens-international/ath6-aristotle-onassis-lounge
Being in Hall A it said the lounge is across from gate A9. If I was in hall B I would have been able to go to the Melina Mercouri lounge. I love when lounges are named after famous people of the area.
I wandered down to Gate A9 but no lounge. So I looked around and still found nothing. I went back to start at the entrance and tried again but it was just not there.
So I walked back about 5 minutes to where there is a full list of lounges.
The strange circumstance with me and the Swissport lounge:
I thought I would have to go to the Goldair Handling lounge which is the listed Priority pass lounge but I noticed that there is a SkyServ lounge listed too.
So I went upstairs and found the SkyServ lounge on the 2nd level with 2 other lounges.. It is not listed on the Priority pass app but I thought I should give it a try.
Then I find that the SkyServ lounge on the right of the picture was closed but a sign said I must go into the Swissport lounge right next door.
Even though the only lounge listed for Priority Pass was the Goldair lounge I was checked in and welcomed into the Swissport lounge.
The facilities:
Rather a glamorous purple and orange color was predominant throughout.
It is a pleasant lounge with requisite coffee machine, salads, meals and snacks.
Quite a few varied sitting areas, big purple sofa, rather a bright marble floor, large screen tv and orange chairs. This lounge is definitely not shy !
Lots of olives were available along with salad items, pasta dishes, and a few warm meals too.
Very nice plates with inspirational messages printed on.
Rest room facilities:
The dramatic marble decor continued into the rest room. Nice and clean with good faucets and hand soap.
Dramatic, but distinctive and memorable.
The self help bar:
A small collection of alcohol was available too along with bottles of wine, beer and all sorts of mixers.
Conclusion:
After my totally unexpected access to the Swissport lounge I did enjoy it a lot. It had a lot of space between chairs which is always nice. There are too many lounges with chairs in rows all bunched together.
I will try and contact Priority Pass to get them to clear up the mystery concerning the SkyServ Aristotle Onassis lounge.
If you are ever at Athens airport, keep a look out for these lounges. You never know which one you will end up in.
Great. Flying Emirates to EWR at the end of the month and glad to know the lounge situation might not be so bad.
I hope it went (goes) well. I have not flown out of EWR in years so I do not have an update on their lounges.