American Airlines Announces Renovation Plans for Admirals Club and Flagship Lounge at London Heathrow Airport
31 March 2009 - 2:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
FORT WORTH, Texas, March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American
Airlines has begun extensive renovations to its Admirals Club and
Flagship Lounge at London Heathrow Airport. The work will be
conducted in phases allowing portions of the facilities, located in
Terminal 3 at Gate H, to remain open for the duration of the
project, which is slated for completion in 2010. (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090330/DA90385-a) (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090330/DA90385-b) "Enhancing
the travel experience for our valued customers is of great
importance to American Airlines," said Nancy Knipp, President -
Admirals Club for American Airlines. "We are confident that the
renovations to Heathrow's Admirals Club and Flagship Lounge
facilities will further our efforts to better serve members and
guests." The remodeled Admirals Club lounge will offer seating for
230 visitors, and its reconfigured layout will provide a more open
and spacious feeling. Other amenities will include new shower
suites; a children's room with TV, computers and age appropriate
software; complimentary Wi-Fi; a cyber cafe; and an improved
business center. The renovated Flagship Lounge will more than
double in size to nearly 8,000 square feet of lounge space seating
134 customers. Flagship Lounge visitors will enjoy new shower
suites, a cyber cafe, complimentary Wi-Fi, two TV lounges with
flat-panel televisions, and other amenities. American, a founding
member of the global oneworld(R) Alliance, operates 44 Admirals
Club lounges and five Flagship Lounge locations in airports
throughout the world, and in an effort to enhance the travel
experience for its customers, American continues to reinvest in
these facilities. In addition to the London Heathrow project,
American recently announced the beginning of extensive renovations
to its Boston Admirals Club lounge and the completion of
refurbishments to its Chicago H/K Admirals Club. American opened
two new Admirals Club lounges - one at Raleigh/Durham in October
2008 and one at Washington Dulles in February 2009 - and one new
Flagship Lounge in Miami in December 2008. For more information on
the Admirals Club or Flagship Lounge, log on to
http://www.aa.com/admiralsclub or http://www.aa.com/lounge,
respectively. About American Airlines American Airlines, American
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countries with, on average, more than 3,400 daily flights. The
combined network fleet numbers more than 900 aircraft. American's
award-winning Web site, AA.com(R), provides users with easy access
to check and book fares, plus personalized news, information and
travel offers. American Airlines is a founding member of the
oneworld(R) Alliance, which brings together some of the best and
biggest names in the airline business, enabling them to offer their
customers more services and benefits than any airline can provide
on its own. Together, its members serve nearly 700 destinations in
over 140 countries and territories. American Airlines, Inc. and
American Eagle Airlines, Inc. are subsidiaries of AMR Corporation.
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