I covered all of the airport lounge moving pieces at the Austin airport like plans for all airlines to move to different spaces, and to add credit card and common use lounges, as new construction finishes.
It seems worth noting that the plan that American Airlines announced for a new 15,000 square foot lounge near gate 14 three years ago is not happening.
November 2021 New Lounge Rendering, Credit: American Airlines
They’re still getting a new lounge, despite pulling back significantly in Austin and eliminating around two-thirds of destinations served. But it won’t be as large, and it will be in a different space.
Austin is adding gates to the west end of the airport, which will allow them to take gates offline in order to built a connection to a new concourse that they are going to build. This ‘West Gate Expansion’ includes space for a lounge, and a lease has been signed to turn that into an Admirals Club, according to a new airport presentation.
It will be 11,575 square feet including an outdoor terrace. That will be around 50% more space than the current club. That’s smaller than the originally-planned doubling of space, but American has pulled back its flight expansion in the city, axing around two-thirds of its destinations and flying almost exclusively now to hubs.
Current Admirals Club Austin
The lounge will not open until 2027 (the new gate area isn’t projected to open until 2026). That’s six years after a new club was announced.
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