Qatar Airways Prepares Premium Lounge At London Heathrow

Qatar Airways has concluded plans to open its premium lounge at London Heathrow to demonstrate the importance of one of the airline’s busiest routes.

The premium lounge at the Terminal 4 will be the airline’s first dedicated facility for first and business class passengers outside its Doha hub.

The Chief Executive Officer of the airline, Akbar Al Bakar said “London has long been one of our best performing routes, so Heathrow was an obvious choice for our first premium lounge outside Doha.

According to him, with the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games taking place this summer, the International Sportlight will be on the British capital and we look forward to the increase in capacity and welcoming more premium travelers on our high demand services to London”.

He said the opening of the lounge would kick-start another busy year for the carrier, with the launch of new routes as well as additional capacity on the London Heathrow – Doha routes, being stepped up from four to five flights a day.

“The Lounge is the latest development in our expanding global security network and will enable both loyal customers and those traveling with us for the first time to take full advantage of the high levels of service we provide”, he said.

The design of the lounge is patterned after a modern hotel or private member’s club rather than a conventional lounge. The airline recruited lounge staff from five – star hotels and restaurants to work in the theatre-style global brassiare kitchen, delicatessen and signature martini bar.

The lounge also has private shower facilities with heated floors and mirrors, hotel-style towels and luxury brand toiletries and amenities. Business and leisure travelers are connected with free Wi-Fi in any part of the lounge, discreet power sockets at every seat and a business centre that includes PCs and printers.