Qantas customers travelling from Western Australia are set to experience a new benchmark in business travel with the new Qantas Domestic Business Lounge opening its doors at Perth Airport.

The bright and innovative lounge represents an increase of almost 50 percent lounge space and has seating for more than 350 people. It features distinct zones offering the choice of areas to dine, work and relax.

Designed by Woods Bagot, the Business Lounge design draws on regional influences through architectural finishes based on the unique Western Australian landscape such as terracotta and metallic feature walls representing the mineral-rich soil. The colour palette is drawn from Margaret River, Matilda Bay, Wave Rock and Broome.

The airline believes the new Perth Domestic Business Lounge would offer the Qantas’ premium flyers outstanding service, luxury design and premium food and wine.

“This lounge sets the new benchmark in business travel and represents the future of the Qantas Business Lounge in Australia,” says Qantas domestic CEO Andrew David. “The lounge has been designed with our most frequent travellers from WA in mind. It accommodates the mix of corporate, leisure and fly-in fly-out workers with business facilities, a sports lounge to relax and socialise, and dining areas with single and communal seating.”

Customers travelling through the lounge will be the first to enjoy two brand new business lounge dining concepts – a state of the art Italian pizza bar with a pizza chef, and a wine bar where customers can sit and enjoy barista coffee and freshly made croissants in the morning and a glass of wine and canapés in the evening. The new lounge features menus designed by Neil Perry, a ‘make your own’ juice station in the morning, cocktail hour from 4–5pm on weekdays with cocktails designed by the Rockpool Mixology team and a generous fresh hot and cold buffet. Customers can also enjoy a ‘plate of the day’ from the central island dining tables on weekdays. This includes dishes such as baked eggs with chorizo and feta in the morning and gourmet cheese plates in the evening.

The addition of a Qantas Business Lounge will complete Qantas’ suite of domestic lounges at Perth Airport with a Chairman’s Lounge and Qantas Club already in operation. Qantas currently operates four Business Lounges (Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane and Melbourne) which are a unique product in the domestic Australian market and provides a key point of difference for Qantas compared to other airlines. The Perth Domestic Business Lounge is open to Qantas customers travelling in Business and Platinum and Platinum One Frequent Flyers.