Singapore Airlines has announced that its SilverKris lounge at Taipei Taoyuan International Airport will cease operations from 1st November 2026, citing redevelopment works in the airport’s Terminal 2.
That makes Saturday 31st October the lounge’s final day. It will have been available for just over three years since it reopened, as the last of SIA’s overseas lounges to return to the network after the pandemic.
From 1st November, SIA will instead invite eligible passengers on its own flights – Business Class customers, plus PPS Club and KrisFlyer Elite Gold members – to the Plaza Premium Lounge on Level 4 of Terminal 2. The airline says lounge eligibility and entitlements will stay the same.
(Photo: Prince of Travel)
Why is it closing?
SIA hasn’t gone into detail about the works, but Taoyuan Airport is in the middle of a major transformation as its new Terminal 3 takes shape.
The T3 north concourse opened in December 2025, though passengers using it still check in and clear immigration in Terminal 2. The landside Skytrain between T1 and T2 has also been suspended since 1st July this year so it can be connected to the new terminal.
SIA’s advisory doesn’t actually use the word “permanently”. However, it uses the same “cease operations” wording the airline applied to its Manila lounge earlier this year, with no reopening date given. When a lounge is simply shut for refurbishment, like the Bangkok and Hong Kong facilities were last year, SIA issues a “temporary closure” notice instead.
The Manila parallel is a strong one. SIA’s SilverKris lounge at NAIA Terminal 3 ceased operations from 15th June 2026, after the airport authorities reclaimed the space as part of a terminal redevelopment. Cathay Pacific lost its Manila lounge for the same reason.
(Photo: Singapore Airlines)
Eligible SIA passengers in Manila are now directed to the third-party First Meridian Lounge, and there has been no sign of an SKL returning.
In both cases the closure looks to have been forced on SIA rather than chosen by it. Finding the lounge a new home would be the airline’s call, however, and the advisory makes no mention of a replacement, which in Taipei’s case is no great surprise.
The oldest and smallest SKL
Dating back to 2012, the Taipei lounge is both the oldest and the smallest in SIA’s SilverKris network.
Along with Melbourne, it’s one of only two remaining overseas SKLs never to have received the carrier’s ‘home away from home’ makeover. That programme was quietly dropped after only seven of the 13 overseas lounges had been completed.
(Photo: The Filipino Traveler)
It still keeps a limited 8.20am to 5.45pm window, tailored to SIA’s afternoon departures to Singapore. As we summarised last November, the lounge is “compact, basic, rectangular and dimly lit” – a single long room on Level 4 of Terminal 2, directly opposite EVA Air’s lounges.
Apart from some fresh upholstery and new marble-topped tables, it got no meaningful makeover during or after its three-and-a-half-year pandemic closure.
SIA never announced plans for one, even as Perth, London, Sydney and Brisbane moved to the airline’s latest design, Bangkok and Hong Kong received further refreshes, and Melbourne finally got the green light for an all-new lounge.
Food was arguably the Taipei lounge’s strongest suit, with Singaporean bak kut teh offered alongside Taiwanese braised pork rice.
Where will passengers go instead?
Plaza Premium operates two lounges in Terminal 2. SIA doesn’t specify which one it means, but its description fits The Terroir (Zone A), the larger of the pair at around 11,000 sq ft, located near the D gates.
It’s a familiar fallback – SIA also used Plaza Premium for eligible passengers while the SKL was closed during the pandemic.
(Photo: Plaza Premium)
(Photo: Plaza Premium)
The timing is fortunate too. Plaza Premium has just completed a five-month refurbishment of all four of its Taoyuan lounges, unveiled at the start of October. The Terroir now has reworked seating and dining areas, an expanded buffet, made-to-order Taiwanese dishes such as shacha beef noodles, and bookable private rest suites with Sealy bedding. There are showers as well.
Better still, a review of the refreshed lounge lists Singapore Airlines among the carriers whose Business Class passengers can use a new dedicated zone, carved out of space previously occupied by private rooms. The zone has its own drinks bar, though you’ll need to head out to the main buffet for hot food.
(Photo: Plaza Premium)
The catch? Unlike the SKL, The Terroir is a common-use lounge, open to Priority Pass members, paying walk-in guests and passengers of numerous other airlines. Expect it to be busier, even though Plaza Premium says its new layout has added capacity.
With eligibility unchanged, anyone departing on an SIA flight who can use the SKL today will be welcomed at Plaza Premium. That means Business Class passengers (without a guest), plus PPS Club, KrisFlyer Elite Gold and other Star Alliance Gold members, who can each bring one guest departing on the same flight.
One group will lose out altogether, though. Since June 2023, Solitaire PPS Club members have been able to use SilverKris lounges when departing on Scoot – but only SIA’s own SKLs, not partner or third-party lounges. With no SKL in Taipei from 1st November, Solitaire members departing on Scoot will lose lounge access there, as they already have in Manila since June.
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EVA Air’s lounges remain an option
You don’t have to take up the Plaza Premium invitation, of course.
Under Star Alliance rules, SIA’s Business Class passengers and Star Alliance Gold members (including KrisFlyer Elite Gold and PPS Club members) can also use the lounges of fellow member EVA Air when departing Taipei on a Singapore Airlines flight.
EVA operates all its flights from Terminal 2 and runs four lounges there, all on Level 4 in the same lounge zone as the outgoing SKL.
Business Class passengers can use The Infinity, EVA’s flagship Business Class lounge with four shower rooms. Gold members can head to The Star, which shares a reception with it.
The Club also admits Star Alliance Gold members, but it closes through the middle of the day, so it really only suits SIA’s later afternoon departure The Garden, meanwhile, is reserved for EVA’s own top-tier Diamond members.
| Taipei Terminal 2 lounge options for SIA passengers From 1st November 2026 |
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| Lounge | Who can use it (on SIA flights) | Opening hours |
| Plaza Premium Lounge The Terroir (Zone A) |
Business Class (dedicated zone) PPS Club / KF Elite Gold / Star Gold |
05:00 – 24:00 |
| EVA Air The Infinity |
Business Class | 04:30 – 23:30 |
| EVA Air The Star |
PPS Club / KF Elite Gold / Star Gold | 04:30 – 23:30 |
| EVA Air The Club |
PPS Club / KF Elite Gold / Star Gold | 05:30 – 10:00 16:00 – 21:30 |
| EVA Air The Garden |
Not accessible (EVA Diamond members only) |
05:30 – 23:30 |
Plenty of SIA passengers were already bypassing the SKL for EVA’s lounges, with their more up-to-date – if slightly psychedelic – look, and that’s unlikely to change. Still, with The Terroir freshly refurbished and offering a dedicated Business Class zone, it’s worth comparing the two.
Passengers on other Star Alliance airlines can also use the Taipei SKL until its closure. From November, they’ll need to follow their own carrier’s arrangements, with EVA’s lounges the default Star Alliance option.
Overseas SKL network down to eight
Taipei’s closure will leave SIA with eight overseas SilverKris lounges – Bangkok, Brisbane, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, Perth, Seoul and Sydney – down from 13 before the pandemic.
Adelaide, Delhi and Kuala Lumpur were axed in 2020, Manila closed in June, and now Taipei follows.
Here’s how the remaining network stacks up by design generation.
| Older concept |
‘Home away from home’ concept |
Latest concept |
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There’s a silver lining, of sorts. When we covered Melbourne’s all-new lounge in June, we noted that once it opened, Taipei would effectively be the only lounge left flying the flag for SIA’s older design. That problem has now resolved itself, albeit not in the way Taipei regulars might have hoped.
Melbourne’s new lounge was slated to open in September but has slipped past that date, though SIA’s own guidance had always pointed to the end of 2026.
Once it opens, every one of SIA’s overseas SKLs will have either the ‘home away from home’ design or the airline’s latest concept.
Closer to home
Back at Changi, the lounge picture is a bit brighter.
The all-new First Class SilverKris lounge at Terminal 2 opened in November 2025. The T2 Business Class lounge ‘glow-up’ has been opening in phases since April, with an enlarged KrisFlyer Gold lounge to follow.
All of this is part of a S$45 million revamp of SIA’s T2 lounges, which should bring them to the standards of the T3 facilities.
Summary
Singapore Airlines will close its Taipei SilverKris lounge from 1st November 2026, citing redevelopment works at Taoyuan Airport’s Terminal 2.
As with Manila in June, it’s the airport rather than the airline forcing the issue. But with the small and basic Taipei facility never upgraded, and no plans ever announced, few will be surprised that no replacement has been mentioned.
Eligible passengers will be redirected to Plaza Premium’s freshly refurbished Terroir lounge, where SIA’s Business Class passengers get a dedicated zone. EVA Air’s lounges also remain open to Business Class passengers and Gold members under Star Alliance rules.
Taipei bows out as the network’s oldest and smallest SKL, leaving SIA with just eight lounges overseas.
(Cover Photo: Singapore Airlines)