Aer Lingus moving to New York JFK T7 – and into BA’s old Concorde Room lounge!
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More change is going on at New York JFK.
After British Airways moved from Terminal 7 to Terminal 8 at the end of last year, Aer Lingus is moving the other way.
From 27th April, Aer Lingus flights to Ireland and Manchester will move from Terminal 5 to Terminal 7.

The change is already partly underway. As of yesterday, Aer Lingus flights from Manchester to New York JFK are landing at Terminal 7. The return flights are still departing from Terminal 5 until 27th April.
This is bad news for anyone with an onward connection on JetBlue since the two airlines are no longer together in Terminal 5. It doesn’t make a lot of difference for anyone connecting to or from American Airlines, since the transfer will now be between Terminal 7 and Terminal 8 rather than Terminal 5 and Terminal 8.
Aer Lingus is moving into The Concorde Room lounge
Aer Lingus needs a lounge in Terminal 7 and it has decided to take over the old British Airways Concorde Room, the most premium lounge in the terminal. This has been empty since British Airways moved out late last year.
Here is our last review of The Concorde Room from 2016.
I very much doubt that Aer Lingus will be running a table service restaurant here, but let’s see!
The lounge is open to Business Class passengers as well as AerClub Silver, Platinum and Concierge members. You will not get in using British Airways Executive Club status, even though they are sister airlines. No other oneworld status card will work either, as Aer Lingus is not part of the alliance.
You can find the lounge by Gate 1. Opening hours and further details are on the Aer Lingus website here.
It will be interesting to see if JetBlue takes over the old Aer Lingus lounge in Terminal 5. You may be surprised to hear that people spending four figures for business class ‘Mint’ seats between the US and Heathrow, Gatwick, Paris and – soon – Amsterdam get no lounge access.

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