SIA to spend $45m to upgrade premium lounges at Changi Airport Terminal 2

SINGAPORE – National carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) will spend $45 million to upgrade its premium lounges at Changi Airport Terminal 2, with the renovations to be carried out in phases over two years.

When completed, the revamped lounges at T2 will have up to 50 per cent more space and seating capacity, and come with improved facilities and food and beverage options.

The lounges cater to SIA passengers flying in first and business class, and those with certain frequent-flier statuses.

Construction of SIA’s new First Class SilverKris Lounge at T2 will begin on April 15, and is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2025.

Work to renovate the airline’s Business Class SilverKris Lounge at the terminal is expected to start in the fourth quarter of 2025, and work to refurbish its KrisFlyer Gold Lounge there will start in the first half of 2026.

The upgrading works are expected to wrap up around mid-2027.

The three T2 lounges will remain operational throughout the renovation process, SIA said in response to queries.

Passengers who are eligible to enter the First Class SilverKris Lounge will be able to continue using the existing one until the new lounge, which is being built at a different location nearby, is ready.

As for the Business Class SilverKris and KrisFlyer Gold lounges, SIA said the new areas being added to them will be progressively introduced as they are completed, ensuring sufficient capacity during the upgrade.

The airline said its new First Class SilverKris Lounge at T2 will feature higher ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows and a renovated bar.

The lounge will also have a self-service buffet line and live cooking stations serving a range of Singaporean, Asian and Western dishes.

The Business Class SilverKris Lounge at T2 will be expanded by 30 per cent.

There will be a quiet rest area with recliners, a redesigned living room area with various seating options, and an expanded self-service buffet section.

Meanwhile, the capacity of the KrisFlyer Gold Lounge at T2, which can seat 160 people now, will be doubled, the airline said.

New amenities will include in-lounge restrooms and shower suites, allowing passengers to freshen up before their flights.

“This upgrade reaffirms our continued dedication to providing a seamless, world-class experience that meets the high expectations of our discerning customers,” said SIA’s senior vice-president for customer experience Yeoh Phee Teik.

SIA’s latest investment comes after it spent $50 million between 2019 and 2022 to upgrade its premium lounges at Changi Airport Terminal 3. This was in anticipation of a growth in business and premium air travel post-pandemic.

Opened in 1990 at the same time as T2, the three SIA lounges there were last renovated in 2011. In 2024, they underwent a minor refresh, including a new section that was added to the business class lounge. The latest renovations will bring them on a par with SIA’s newer lounges in T3.

In another move to improve the experience for premium passengers on the ground, SIA recently appointed French hospitality company Accor as its new vendor to supply passenger relations officers for all the airline’s SilverKris lounges in Singapore.

Accor has been running the premium lounges for Australian carrier Qantas in Singapore for years now.

SIA operates flights to all of its South-east Asian destinations and to Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka and South Korea, as well as most flights to Japan, out of T2.

T2 is also home to a number of Star Alliance carriers, such as United Airlines, All Nippon Airways and Lufthansa, whose premium passengers have access to SIA’s lounges.