Delta Just Opened a Second Sky Club Lounge at JFK. Here’s a Look Inside.

27.07.2023 - 22:03 / afar.com

Anyone who attempted to access the Delta Sky Club lounge at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) in Terminal 4 last year is probably still haunted by the memories of the long lines they endured to access complimentary snacks, wine, and a corner to plug in their laptop before their flight.

“We love the popularity. They just got popular really quick,” said Allison Ausband, Delta’s chief customer experience officer, acknowledging that overcrowded lounges are not part of the premium airport experience the airline hopes to provide.

“We’ve worked really hard this last year to expand our existing clubs and add new clubs,” Ausband said, noting that the airline added 900 seats to its lounge network last year and is in the process of adding 2,700 more seats this year.

Travelers will find 250 of those seats at Delta’s second Sky Club lounge at JFK, which opened on July 25 with nearly 14,000-square feet of space. The new lounge wraps up the airline’s $1.5 billion investment in expanding JFK’s Terminal 4, Concourse A.

This opening hardly rivals the sheer space of the new 34,000-square-foot LaGuardia Delta Sky Club that opened in 2022 and the 21,000-square-foot Delta Sky Club at Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport that opened this spring. However, its addition is important: Together, the two Sky Clubs at JFK now offer space for up to 800 travelers at a time.

Here’s everything else you need to know about Delta’s newest Sky Club lounge at JFK.

Every seat at the new Delta Sky Club at JFK has a plug.

Photo by Lyndsey Matthews

The new Delta Sky Club is in JFK Terminal 4’s recently extended Concourse A, across from gate A8.

Previously, Terminal 4, Concourse A was mostly used to serve international carriers like Virgin Atlantic, Kenya Airways, Singapore Airlines, and Emirates, while Concourse B was where Delta operated a majority of its own flights. After closing its operations at JFK Terminal 2 in January 2023, Delta spent $1.5 billion to expand Terminal 4, Concourse A to add 10 more gates that mostly serve Delta flights to domestic destinations.

With the opening of the new Sky Club, Delta customers flying out of Concourse A won’t have to walk all the way over to the original Delta Sky Club, which still operates on Concourse B near gate B31. (Which you won’t want to do—it’s about a 15-minute walk each way—unless you’re trying to get your steps in before your flight.)

The Sky Deck at the new lounge has a retractable roof so it can still be used if it rains.

Photo by Lyndsey Matthews

After entering the lounge and going up the elevators to the main level, the first thing travelers will notice is a massive 360-degree marble bar surrounded by teal leather stools that serves as the lounge’s centerpiece. Here