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Sometimes, and when you can, it’s one of the best perks of flying business class.
Some airlines have arrivals lounges at their home airports for passengers who have just landed on a long-haul flight in business or first class. You can usually take a hot shower, have breakfast and coffee, get a shirt pressed at some of them, and then head straight into the city for a meeting. Examples include British Airways at London Heathrow Terminal 5 and Lufthansa in Frankfurt, and some other airlines offer something similar at their main hubs.
A few things to know:
- Arrivals lounges are normally only at the airline’s home hub, not everywhere it flies.
- You usually need to have arrived on a long-haul flight in business or first with that airline or a partner, and you show your boarding pass.
- They’re often outside security or after customs, so follow the signs as you leave.
- Opening hours are mainly early morning, when the overnight flights land.
If there’s no arrivals lounge, some departure lounges let arriving connecting passengers use their showers. Many airport hotels also sell day-use rooms for a few hours.
Tell us your flight and we’ll tell you whether you’ll have an arrivals lounge when you land.
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Answered by the Global Business Flights team, booking business and first class since 2017. Last reviewed November 2026.
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