Air Canada Opens Maple Leaf Lounge in Frankfurt

Air Canada has opened a Maple Leaf Lounge at Frankfurt Airport's Terminal 1, Departures Area B.

Located at Star Alliance's largest airport hub and Air Canada's second largest international station, Air Canada's Frankfurt Maple Leaf Lounge is available to eligible Air Canada and Star Alliance customers.

"We are thrilled to welcome Air Canada and Star Alliance eligible customers to our new Maple Leaf Lounge in Frankfurt," said Craig Landry, Vice President, Marketing. "Our newest International Maple Leaf Lounge was created as an extension of the overall travel experience for our Executive First customers. Showcasing contemporary Canadian design, artwork and the majestic natural beauty of Canada, customers will enjoy a calm and inspiring environment in which to work or relax before their Air Canada or connecting Star Alliance flight."

Designed by Bennett C. Lo of Toronto's award-winning firm dialogue 38, Air Canada's 726- square-metre Frankfurt Maple Leaf Lounge features:

- The Canada Room: a visually dramatic space showcasing Canadian artworks against the natural beauty of Canadian maple wood millwork, backlit walls lined with Canadian maple wood slats, and cross-cut slabs of Ontario Eramosa marble

- Permanent art installation, Transformations by Toronto design firm Moss & Lam anchoring the feature wall of the dining area

- Furnishings by Canadian designers Brent Comber (North Vancouver), mth woodworks (Vancouver), Moss & Lam (Toronto) and Birchwood Furniture (Calgary)

- Glass art by Tsunami Glassworks (Windsor, Ontario), and a rotating display of artworks by Canadian artists and artisans

- A Quiet Zone featuring six reclining pods equipped with personal satellite-fed TV screens, USB ports and Sony noise-cancelling headsets

- Spa-inspired shower area featuring showers with large rain-shower heads, ambient music and Canadian Escents spa products

- Business Centre equipped with individual flat-screen Dell PCs, colour laser printing and scanning

- Complimentary wireless high speed Internet access throughout

- Bistro-style dining area offering hot and cold food, and complimentary German and Canadian wines, beer & spirits

- Hours of operation: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Eligible customers include Air Canada Altitude Super Elite 100K, Elite 75K and Elite 50K members, Star Alliance Gold members, and customers travelling in Air Canada Executive First, who have confirmed, same-day travel on a departing Air Canada or Star Alliance flight.

Air Canada operates up to five daily round-trip flights year-round between Canada and Frankfurt, with non-stop flights from Calgary, Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa offering a choice of Executive First or Economy service. Additionally, Star Alliance partner Lufthansa operates flights between Vancouver and Frankfurt and between Toronto and Frankfurt which Air Canada offers on a codeshare basis. At the Frankfurt worldwide hub, Star Alliance airlines offer 502 daily flights to 179 destinations, and more than 22.6 million Star Alliance airline customers travelled via Frankfurt in 2012.

Air Canada's Frankfurt International Lounge is the airline's 21st Maple Leaf Lounge, and the fourth to open in Europe, along with Arrivals and Departures Lounges at London Heathrow and a Departures lounge at Paris Charles de Gaulle. In the United States, Air Canada operates Maple Leaf Lounges at Los Angeles International Airport and at New York LaGuardia. In Canada, Air Canada has 15 Maple Leaf Lounges at airports across the country.