Qantas to permanently close Hong Kong lounge

That's a shame. Was a lovely lounge to visit. 

The Deck is likely to get more crowded as the default go to option for when normal travels resume for travelers and flights leaving around those gates. On the other hand, Qantas will probably have more flexibility with departure gates for its flights now it won’t have a lounge and the preference for flights to depart from gates close to its lounge.

Was a great lounge but also very busy and lacked warmth with the concrete floors - making in nosey at times. With not so many ow lounges at HKG, and now lounge closure number 2, I wonder how crowded CX lounges will become as flights resume.

I think the closing of lounges is more or less related to probably the expectation the travel even when opened up will probably be subdued for the next couple of years. Coupled with the fact the airlines do need to balance the books, I see a few of these low hanging fruit cost saving measure being used over the next couple of years before hopefully things are returned back to a more normal state.

It was a great lounge, way better than SIN.  Really disappointing to see it go.  It will be interesting to see what happens with QF Club members; what has been written above is pretty non-committal.  

Apart from the potential QF Club member access, there really isn't any change in the relationship between QF and CX at HKG.  QF Gold etc already had access to the CX lounges if they wanted via Oneworld reciprocal arrangements.

Sad, but the CX Flounge is a great experience and I usually ended up there. We’ll all have to get used to the new normal…when it finally arrives. 

I’m going to miss the salted caramel cheesecake. 

The Qantas HK lounge always had better catering from Sofitel instead of the Sodexo that's used at Cathay's lounges. Will be missed, but given that the rest of their lounges are in places with limited high quality OW alternatives, I can see why its an easy pick. 

It is quite sombre to hear this news, but not surprised as the pandemic wreaked havoc on the aviation and tourism industry. My hope is QANTAS will come out of this stronger and be the enabler to unite everyone with their family and friends across the globe. 

It's a pity because it was superior in catering to the Business Class part of The Wing, although the Bridge and the Pier were just as good, they are further away from the gates usually used by QF (and BA which preferred this lounge).  Albeit those with OWE status would prefer The Wing or The Pier for obvious reasons.  However, times are tough and neither travel nor HKG was what it was.  CX is going through much much more.

I could not understand why they had their own lounge in HK in the first place when it was inferior to Cathay ones

I think HK travel will be 50% lower anyway and moving to higher percentages anyway

Such a shame. Really nice lounge and far better than SIN. Mind you the CX lounges are a class act also. Most times I visited, the lounge was quiet except for the evening hours so not entirely surprised. Books need to be balanced 

It is a real shame. We were lucky to visit right before everything shut down thanks to C-19. 

We had just got out of Milan via an airport strike in Helsinki and a stopover in HK in all the uncertainty. That feeling of familiarity and "being home" even though we were still in HK was what stayed with us from that visit. All the stresses just eased away and the service from the team was impeccable. We preferred it to the CX lounges that we had been frequenting previously.

I'm surprised they would get rid of the HKG lounge before the NRT lounge.

Was a nice lounge and staff was great. Was always greeted with a smile by Paul and was always helpful. Hope he is looked after.

I thought an Australian national carrier that services probably the most important major airport in the region, Hong Kong, from at least four of its own Australian Capital cities on a daily basis, in normal times, would want to keep its own 'unique' lounge presence at HK airport. Lounges are a very good marketing tool, branding for your 'airline on the ground' if you will. Reliance on the stunning Cathay Pacific Lounges at Hong Kong Airport for eligible Qantas passengers, although a great alternative, takes away the presence of Qantas' famous laid back hospitality' in such a major hub. Seasoned Cathay Pacific flyers who use the Qantas lounge and are impressed with the menu, ambience etc, may chose to book on Qantas metal in lieu of Cathay. Bad move, some things just need to stay even if a drain on Alan's MYOB, dont make the world more generic than it has to be. We want to see our Qantas lounges in Major international destinations.

Will miss this lounge, it was excellent, times change though, like never before, so, so be it, just a first world problem to cope with!!!

Damn!!! That’s a shame, it was a nice lounge! I remember the one before it which was like a “bunker” underground!

For those of you like me that used to commute weekly out of HK to (SIN) this was a sad sight to see - was on my way to SIN yesterday, for the first time for a while but just had to step by to say goodbye.... but seems I can't post a pic of the padlocked front door here, QF lounge all gone folks....