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Skyteam Lounge Milan Malpensa (MXP) review

If you like labyrinthine airports with long walks from hub to hub then Malpensa is for you. Milan Malpensa has two terminal buildings: terminal 1 handling much of the intercontinental traffic and terminal 2 with regional and smaller carriers. In terminal 1 StringGirl prepares to embark on her trip home from Varese.
Without prior knowlwedge of the exact location of the lounge(s) we checked the SkyTeam site and found that there were several options available, specifically 2 listed should work. The Sky Team partner lounge for Air France is listed as being in Terminal 1 just after security and the duty free shops. This AM we arrive at the airport just after 5:00. The loung opens at 5:15.

A long walk tells us that we have gone too far. However, signage did not. Until we risked a walk toward gates A24-39 did we find our first sign post for Air France.


Inside the lounge a consistent appearance of the AirFrance lounge greets us. Semi-comfy pleatherette chairs with lit side tables, several LCD TVs, and some tables with chairs are arranged well throughout. Espresso and snacks abound and some reading material in various languages (most italian, some french, and a couple english).

This morning being very early the limited selection of libations was not a hinderance. Absolute, Johnny Walker, Pernod, Campari, and Remy offer a little "hair of the dog" which was not required this morning. Cold Coke, bitter lemon, still and sparkling water also were available.

True to form the WiFi in AirFrance lounge did not work. Most AF lounges don't offer free wifi any way. But before I started up the XCom MiFi i tried a few of the other connections available and found that the Luftansa lounge next door connected fine (in fact as it was a tmobile network similar to Delta lounges the connection was automatic and persistent, which could explain why the AF never connected).

One big perk for this particular AF lounge compared to DUS or ZRH my most recent AF lounge visits.... bathrooms in the lounge area. The others invariably force one to exit the lounge to use the Loo, not right.

Next stop; AMS
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