Singapore Airlines to close San Francisco airport lounge

Singapore Airlines will close its San Francisco SilverKris airport lounge in 2017 in order to create a massive split-level Polaris business class lounge for Star Alliance partner United Airlines. United's new Polaris lounge – which will be built in the footprint of the current United Club, just past the airport's security screening zone – will also swallow up the adjacent EVA Air lounge. A spokesperson for United Airlines has laid out its lounge plans for San Francisco to TravelSkills blogger Chris McGinnis, advising that the mega-lounge will open in two stages from mid-2017 to end the of 2017. The outcome will be one of the largest Polaris lounges in United's network, offering plenty of room for the promised dining areas (above), bar, work booths, daybeds (below) and shower suites. However, access to that lounge will be restricted to business class and first class travellers on United and Star Alliance partners such as as Singapore Airlines.<br/>