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Here are a few photos of the British Airways Business Class Lounge in Milano Malpensa Airport  (MXP). The lounge can be used by passengers of all "One World"  airlines. Here are two links to other posts about waiting lounges in airports: Cathay Pacific First Class Lounge. "The Pier". Hong Kong Airport. Chek Lap Kok British Airways First Class Lounge. London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5

This airport is always crowded, noisy and dirty. The floors and ceilings seem to be made up of materials from the 1950s’ even though the Terminal 1 started operations in the 1990s’. Food served in the restaurant is terrible, of very expensive, or both. This is the only airport I have heard of where from time to time expensive items disappear from the checked bags of arriving passengers. On the positive side its architecture is a masterp iece of the “Postmodern” period. Its main designer was Ettore Sottsass. If you get out of the crowd, rest your eyes, and look at the lines of the building you smile at their beauty. Notice the two different rhythms of the columns on the upper and lower floors in the photo here.   Please see my collection of videos on my YouTube channel:  http://www.youtube.com/user/settime2588/videos This photograph was taken from a plane window and it is on the air side of terminal 1. The design is typical of the “Memph...