LOS ANGELES, June 3, 2026, 15:01 PDT
Delta Air Lines is set to open the first phase of a second Delta One Lounge at Los Angeles International Airport this summer, ahead of the main Terminal 2 project timeline. The move will bring two Delta One Lounges to LAX before the larger upgrade finishes in 2028.
Delta will launch daily nonstop flights from LAX to Hong Kong on June 6, and adds three daily flights to Chicago O’Hare starting June 7. The moves are aimed at building up Los Angeles as a bigger gateway for long-haul and domestic premium routes. The timing isn’t coincidental.
The event is set ahead of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, where Delta is an inaugural founding partner of LA28 and serves as the official airline for Team USA. Delta lists LAX as a key hub—saying it is the largest international carrier at the airport by both seats and number of flights.
Delta plans to open the first Terminal 2 Delta One Lounge in summer 2026, followed by a Delta Sky Club in Terminal 2 in 2027, a company spokesperson told Live and Let’s Fly. The renovated and expanded Terminal 2 Delta One Lounge is set to reopen in 2028. Delta One Lounges are reserved for premium customers, while Sky Clubs serve a wider passenger base.
Delta is planning its new lounge in Terminal 2. The current Delta One Lounge is over in Terminal 3. Delta uses both terminals, which connect airside past security. Delta also told The Points Guy its Delta One check-in and private security will stay in Terminal 3 for now.
Not a lot of info out yet on the Terminal 2 lounge. The Points Guy says phase one should have a premium dining option, with a full renovation not coming until 2028. Upgraded Points notes this is part of the wider Terminal 2 overhaul, which also includes a new Sky Club and ongoing work at the Terminal 3 Delta One Lounge.
Delta’s LAX Delta One Lounge, which opened in 2024, has close to 200 seats. It features attendant dining, a sushi bar that’s open year-round, a terrace and wellness spaces with relaxation pods and massage chairs. Claude Roussel, Delta’s vice president for Sky Clubs and lounge experience, said at the opening that the LAX lounge gives customers a “premium experience from coast to coast.” Delta News Hub
Delta is strict about access. The Delta One Lounge is for same-day Delta One ticket holders, Delta 360 members flying same-day Delta First Class, and select first- and business-class flyers from partners like Air France, KLM, Korean Air, LATAM, and Virgin Atlantic. Standard Sky Club memberships and credit cards won’t get you in.
Premium-lounge competition is getting tighter at LAX. American Airlines has its Flagship Lounge at Terminal 4, by Gate 41. United’s Polaris Lounge sits in Terminal 7, close to gates 73 and 75A. Both spots target high-revenue passengers instead of general lounge traffic.
Delta hasn’t said how big the new lounge will be, what it’s spending on construction, or what all the amenities are. The 2026 opening is just the first phase. For the next two years, Delta could end up with a split setup—its Terminal 3 lounge with a private entrance, and a Terminal 2 lounge still unfinished.
Delta’s senior vice president of network planning, Paul Baldoni, said last year that adding Hong Kong and Chicago flights out of LAX gives Delta a bigger footprint in “two of the world’s most dynamic markets.” Doug Webster, chief operations and maintenance officer at Los Angeles World Airports, called Hong Kong and Chicago “two critical global hubs.” Delta News Hub
Delta’s new lounge is both a piece of its airport revamp and a message to rivals. The airline has put years into the $2.3 billion Sky Way project to overhaul its LAX presence. This second Delta One Lounge lets Delta court premium travelers in Los Angeles, where American, United, and overseas airlines are all fighting for those lucrative tickets.
