New Star Alliance lounge opened in Paris

Star Alliance has opened a new lounge for first and business class passengers in Paris.

Covering 850 square metres, the lounge is the largest facility of its kind in Terminal 1 at Charles de Gaulle Airport and has enough space to accommodate more than 200 customers.

Facilities include business centre workstations, wireless internet access, shower areas, hot and cold food, state-of-the-art television screens and complimentary drinks.

The lounge is currently open to people travelling from Paris with Star Alliance carriers including Lufthansa, TAP Portugal, US Airways, LOT Polish Airlines and others.

Star Alliance chief executive Jaan Albrecht said: "The Star Alliance Lounge at Charles de Gaulle Terminal 1 is one more example of how collaboration in the alliance can lead to improvements for the customer while at the same time allow our member carriers to reduce their costs."

The new lounge is one of four passenger facilities operated by Star Alliance, with the others located at Heathrow Airport Terminal 1, Los Angeles Airport's Tom Bradley terminal and Centrair Airport in Nagoya, Japan.

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