Revolut built its reputation by putting banking on a smartphone. Now it wants to put its name above the airport lounge door.
The British fintech is planning a network of branded premium lounges at European airports, beginning with Copenhagen in 2027. The first Revolut Lounge will be developed with Plaza Premium Group, an established airport-hospitality operator, and is intended to provide the blueprint for further expansion across Europe.
“The fintech says it has more than 2m customers across the Nordics and is targeting 3m by the end of 2026”
The Copenhagen facility is expected to become the largest common-use lounge in the Schengen area, although Revolut has yet to disclose its size, capacity or precise opening date. Copenhagen is a sizeable testing ground: a record 32.4m passengers passed through the airport in 2025.
For a company born as an app, the venture looks unusual. Commercially, however, it makes rather more sense.
Revolut now claims more than 75m customers worldwide. More importantly, subscriptions have become one of its fastest-growing businesses. Subscription turnover reached £708m in 2025, up 67% from £423m a year earlier, while total revenue rose 46% to £4.5bn.
Travel is already embedded in that subscription model. Revolut customers can book access to more than 1,600 airport lounges through its app, while Ultra subscribers receive unlimited complimentary access. A lounge carrying Revolut’s own branding takes the idea further, turning a third-party benefit into a physical customer experience the company can more closely control.
It is also a bet on an increasingly lucrative traveller. European travel spending rose by 9.7% in 2025, according to European Travel Commission data cited by Reuters, while major airlines have reported stronger demand for premium products even as some economy travel has softened.
Copenhagen also fits Revolut’s geography. The fintech says it has more than 2m customers across the Nordics and is targeting 3m by the end of 2026.
The broader strategy is becoming clear. Having spent a decade persuading customers that banking does not require branches, Revolut is discovering that physical space can still have value. Its lounges are less a return to old-fashioned banking than an attempt to make a digital brand tangible, while giving affluent customers another reason to keep paying every month.
