It has been a banner couple of years for Delta Air Traces’ community of lounges. In 2024, the provider debuted its luxe Delta One Lounge idea with three stunning golf equipment at its hubs.
Final yr, the airline opened large new Sky Golf equipment in Atlanta and Salt Lake Metropolis, and a double-decker Delta One and Sky Membership duo in Seattle.
And there is loads of Delta lounge information to begin 2026, too — even whether it is much less splashy.
Sky Membership coming to … Las Vegas
First issues first: Delta introduced the following new metropolis that may get a Sky Membership.
The provider revealed it is planning to construct a brand-new outpost at Harry Reid Worldwide Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas.
Regardless of being a significant vacationer vacation spot, LAS is just not house to any Delta lounges (regardless of the town taking part in host to the airline’s star-studded takeover of the Sphere final yr).
This is the unhealthy information: Delta flyers should wait some time. The Vegas Sky Membership is not slated to open till 2029 — at the least three years from now.
Within the meantime, Vegas stays house to a bevy of credit score card-branded lounges, together with the world’s oldest American Categorical Centurion Lounge — to not point out a Capital One Lounge and Sapphire Lounge that every opened in 2025.
Opening quickly: Revamped Denver lounge
A lot prior to 2029: one other lounge that is getting a significant improve.
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Delta has been (quietly) renovating its Sky Membership on Concourse A at Denver Worldwide Airport (DEN), in what the airline describes as a complete makeover for the power. And members will quickly see the fruits of that labor.
The provider informed TPG it expects work on that outpost to wrap up throughout the subsequent two months, at which level vacationers will get an expanded and general improved facility.
Huge expansions deliberate for two Florida golf equipment
Delta additionally introduced huge expansions for 2 of its Sky Golf equipment within the Sunshine State.
The provider will relocate and considerably increase its services at each Jacksonville Worldwide Airport (JAX) and Tampa Worldwide Airport (TPA) — with the JAX outpost set to triple in dimension to 10,000 sq. ft by the point work wraps up.
Enlargement work on JAX is slated to wrap up by subsequent yr. The TPA membership will open in 2028 on the airport’s new Airside D concourse.
Philadelphia makeover full
Lastly, Delta’s long-planned revamp of one of many smaller Sky Golf equipment in its portfolio is now full.
In current weeks, the provider wrapped up a monthslong growth and renovation of its lounge at Philadelphia Worldwide Airport (PHL).
It is nonetheless a reasonably small outpost, spanning simply 5,800 sq. ft. Nevertheless it’s manner greater than it was once: the seating capability went from 75 to 144, the airline stated.
Delta added a completely new seating space within the membership as a part of the renovation. Different components of the power obtained mild refreshes, together with new carpeting and seats. Plus, much less seen to much less frequent guests — however essential to the expertise — the airline expanded the “back-of-house” house to provide its employees expanded meals preparation areas.
That ought to translate to a wider array of dishes out there on the buffet.
No visitor will confuse this house with, say … a Delta One Lounge … or one in every of its really top-notch Sky Golf equipment just like the sprawling house it opened final yr in Atlanta. However Philadelphia additionally is not a core metropolis for the airline, which competes towards American Airways’ fortress hub there.
For Philly vacationers who haven’t got entry to Chase’s Sapphire Lounge or Amex’s Centurion Lounge — or who discover themselves extra conveniently situated to this D-Concourse Sky Membership — it will possibly definitely accommodate much more visitors than it used to, and has some good enhancements to talk of, as properly.
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