American Airlines is getting an Admirals Club in San Antonio. It’s the first new airport they’re adding to the lounge network since Houston Intercontinental in 2017. And it’s one of only a few in the pipeline.
They announced a new Admirals Club in Austin in fall 2021, then didn’t actually lease the space that was announced, shifting discussions to the new West Infill space that hasn’t been built yet.
Philadelphia’s Flagship lounge is finally coming and the years-long delay means it’ll get the new design motif instead of the 2017-era ‘modern hospital’.
San Antonio is building a new terminal Southwest Airlines is refusing to sign the new airport lease, even as the largest carrier there by market share. They have six gates today, want 10 in the new terminal, it appears to keep other carriers from growing. They haven’t announced what service they’d add if given the space, and the airport hasn’t bene inclined to do so. Delta, by the way, also goes into the new terminal and plans to build a Sky Club.
Southwest, for its part, thinks they should get the new terminal and also that it shouldn’t have lounges.
Southwest thinks that’s “out of step” with what San Antonio travelers want, Perry said.
“They’re kind of targeting what we would see as like an elite customer, and that’s … not reflective of what we’ve known from that airport for the 53 years that we’ve been operating there.”
I asked American for details on their planned lounge, and was given these words instead.
American Airlines intends to be a signatory airline on San Antonio International Airport’s new Airlines Use and Lease Agreement. San Antonio is an important market for American and we remain committed to providing great service to customers in the Alamo City. This includes our continued partnership with the airport and the City of San Antonio as we work to secure direct access to DCA and our nation’s capital – adding to our more than 25 daily departures from SAT to seven cities across the U.S.
United Airlines has a United Club in San Antonio, a throwback to Continental days, and isn’t moving as part of the new terminal plan.