Delta announces 8 new or expanded lounges in 2025, including fourth premium facility
Editor's Note
Last year was a milestone year for Delta Air Lines' portfolio of airport lounges. While the carrier technically only opened one new Sky Club — in late December, no less — it made waves with high-spending travelers by debuting its first-ever business-class-only outposts at three of its biggest coastal hubs.
Delta plans to continue that expansion in 2025, the carrier said Tuesday, sharing new details about its fourth Delta One Lounge facility, along with seven additional new, expanded or refreshed traditional Sky Clubs across its network.
You'll find all the information on the opening, growing and improving outposts below.
Fourth Delta One Lounge
Between midsummer and early December last year, Delta cut the ribbon on its first three Delta One Lounge facilities.
Today, you'll find those swanky lounges at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Boston Logan International Airport (BOS).
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Later this spring, a fourth is on the way.
The Delta One Lounge planned for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) is slated to open in May, the carrier said Tuesday.
At just under 11,000 square feet, this Delta One facility will be far smaller than the flagship JFK lounge. Instead, it'll be more comparable in size to the LAX one that opened in October.
Slated to open in conjunction with a new Sky Club at SEA, you'll find the new Delta One Lounge near Gate 11 in Concourse A.
The facility will include an open-air terrace featuring views of Mount Rainier, the carrier said Tuesday.
Each of the three Delta One Lounges open so far have been highly distinct, boasting some of the most memorable food, beverage and amenity offerings of any airline-branded outposts in the U.S.
It's a likely bet Delta will aim to maintain that standard as it opens its second premium club on the West Coast.
New Seattle Sky Club
As mentioned, it's not just a Delta One Lounge coming to its Pacific Northwest hub.
Seattle will also get a second Sky Club, which will open as part of the same "complex" housing the Delta One facility.
The new 14,000-square-foot Sky Club will be located directly beneath the business-class-only outpost, Delta Sky Club operations director Tim Genovese told me in a recent interview.
"It'll be stacked on top of one another. It will have an upper floor for our Delta One, and then the Sky Club will be on the lower level," Genovese said.
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Again, mark your calendars for May for that dual lounge opening.
This Sky Club will be the second for Delta in Seattle — meaning the hub will have a total of three Delta-branded lounges once these two new outposts open.
Salt Lake City gets an even larger Sky Club
When Delta opened a 28,000-square-foot Sky Club at its Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) hub in 2020, it was — at the time — the largest lounge in its network.
Now, the airline plans to top that Concourse A club with a new, even larger outpost on SLC's Concourse B.
Later this year, Delta plans to debut a 34,000-square-foot Sky Club that will likewise rank among the largest in its network today. (This one will be slightly smaller than the expanded Sky Club at New York's LaGuardia Airport, not to mention the 40,000-square-foot JFK Delta One Lounge.)
Delta is targeting a late-2025 opening for its new Salt Lake City facility — specifically, sometime between October and the end of the year.
1 new Atlanta Sky Club, 3 renovated ones
For the first time in nine years, Delta will debut a brand-new Sky Club at its Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) home base.
As part of a renovation of the airport's Concourse D, Atlanta's dominant airline will unveil a new, 23,000-square-foot club near Gate D16. That'll be the first entirely new Delta lounge at its home base since 2016.
This outpost is slated to debut sometime this spring.
Delta's also planning to give a face-lift to its Sky Clubs in the A and C concourses, the airline said.
Today, the carrier operates nine Sky Clubs in its home city.
Not seen in Delta's 2025 lounge plans: any mention of a Delta One Lounge at its megahub.
Executives have teased the possibility of a higher-end outpost there: "We're looking," Delta lounge chief Claude Roussel told me in October.
But it appears, as of now, that no such plans are in the works for this year.
Philly expansion
Finally, Delta plans to expand its lounge footprint in prime competitor territory.
By the final three months of 2025, the carrier hopes to complete a 2,000-square-foot expansion of its Sky Club near the Terminal D/E connector at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL).
With that announcement, it's safe to say 2025 is shaping up to be a big year for Philly on the lounge front. American Airlines, which operates a fortress hub at PHL, already announced plans to open a Flagship Lounge at the airport later this year.
Access rules tightening
For all the excitement about new and expanded lounges, it's important to note that February will bring a far less welcome Sky Club change for many frequent Delta flyers.
SkyMiles members who get their lounge access via an American Express card will be limited to 10 or 15 visits per calendar year, depending on the card.
You can read more about Sky Club access, and the upcoming changes that go live Feb. 1.
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