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Hopefully This First IKEA Airport Lounge Won't Be the Last

Where: Paris, France
July 16, 2012 at 9:52 AM | by | Comments (0)

We hear it over and over from frequent travelers—why isn't Apple designing seat-back airplane entertainment systems and why isn't IKEA in the business of outfitting airline gate areas? Well it looks like we may have gotten the latter wish, as IKEA has opened a pop-up airline lounge at Paris-Charles de Gaulle International Airport.

Why Paris? Why not? There's a regular IKEA store like a 5-minute drive down the A1 from CDG, but it's not like it's that easy to just duck out of the airport to scarf some Swedish meatballs or purchase a living room set.

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