Delta’s new post-security Sky Club rising in the shadow of SFO’s new ATC Tower (Photo: Chris McGinnis)
Delta has confirmed to TravelSkills that it will open a brand new Sky Club at San Francisco International Airport in 2015.
In the photo (above) that I snagged while boarding a Virgin America flight from a Terminal 2 jetway last week, it appears that the new club will be located on the upper level and will have a large picture window opening up to the tarmac.
From the inside of Delta’s Boarding Area C in Terminal 1, you can’t miss the construction of the new Sky Club as you enter the terminal just after security.
The Sky Club will be located in the area above what was once a luggage store near Gate 41. (It’s to the left as you walk down the ramp from security.) Since the club will be located one floor above the gate area, I assume we’ll access it by an elevator or escalator.
The current Delta Sky Club at SFO is inconveniently located outside the T1 Boarding Area C checkpoint and its location has long been a thorn in the side of Sky Club members.
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If you look closely at the photo above, you’ll also see that SFO is building a new post-security corridor that will connect Boarding Area C with Terminal 2 (home to Virgin America and American Airlines). This is big boost for Delta flyers cooling their heels in the somewhat drab Boarding Area C– they will now have access to all the excellent post-security amenities of T2 (like a yoga room, fine dining restaurants and museum exhibits).
Stay tuned to TravelSkills for more details (including opening dates) as we get them…
A new Delta Sky Club built in the shadow of SFO’s new control tower (Photo: Chris McGinnis)
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John says
July 22, 2014 at 5:02 pmCool photo. Gate 41 was closed for quite awhile during the Tower and post security corridor construction. Guess Frontier and US Airways have done a gate switch by now, and Alaska has moved to the International Terminal ?
Also, I believe there is or will be a post security corridor between Terminal 2 and 3 as well, so all domestic terminals connect post security. SFO’s exhibits are nice, but sure am glad they took down the yellow airplane in T3, and off to perhaps the Hiller Aviation Museum at the San Carlos Airport. A spacious less cluttered terminal is the way to go.
Too many exhibits in the International Terminal near the concourse entries…..especially on the United side. Should be wide open for the the throngs. Love the nostalgia stuff though. I thought there were no more 727s operating, but saw one coming into Oakland.
Chris McGinnis says
July 21, 2014 at 10:18 pmYep. 🙂
Janak Parekh says
July 21, 2014 at 7:14 pmChris, do you think this airside connector is intended for US/AA, at least short-term? (Ah, yes, that is the plan; you posted about this back in February.)
SFO flyer says
July 21, 2014 at 5:21 pmi hope they build it big enough to hold all teh upgrade list they have on SFO-ATL flights…..
JK says
July 21, 2014 at 5:05 pmFINALLY!!! Though now I’m not sure I can afford the cost of membership anymore!