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Comment Perhaps BA and BAA were a tad over-ambitious in transferring all BA operations to the new terminal in one go. I'm surprised BAA didn't take a leaf out of the rail industry's book. One bright spot - the data commissioner told BAA exactly what they...
[03 Apr 2008]
Comment British Airways (BA) and BAA spent five years and £4.3bn on the huge project using the opportunity building a brand new terminal in order to change the way things were done at Heathrow for the better.
[28 Mar 2008]
Round-Up BAA, the owner of Heathrow, said yesterday there was a "minor problem with log-ons of the baggage system which affected the baggage on some outgoing flights". Meanwhile, back on the ground and travellers flying with British Airways (BA) and other...
[28 Mar 2008]
News Both British Airways and BAA made mistakes, but I am taking responsibility for the mistakes we made. Wi-fi at the airport The problems at Heathrow's new £4.3bn Terminal 5 (T5) have continued into a second day following the chaos caused by baggage...
[28 Mar 2008]
News Heathrow owner and operator, BAA, said the issue was "quickly rectified" with the baggage system now fully operational. A BAA statement said: "Early this morning there was a minor problem with log-ons of the baggage system which affected the...
[27 Mar 2008]
News Behind the scenes at BA and BAA's mega-project After taking five years to build at a cost of £4.3bn, Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport is finally open for business and is set to become one of the most technologically advanced airport terminals in the...
[27 Mar 2008]
News A statement from BAA, which operates Heathrow, said the introduction of fingerprinting technology would be "temporarily delayed" following a meeting with the Information Commissioner and the Border and Immigration Agency.
[26 Mar 2008]
News It also emerged that employers of the "trusted workers" who will get the cards first, such as BAA, are likely to continue picking up the bill for pre-employment checks under the ID card system. James Hall, director of the Identity and Passport...
[10 Mar 2008]
News Due to open on 27 March, Terminal 5 is the new home of British Airways at Heathrow and has been jointly developed with Heathrow owner and operator, BAA. But despite being billed as the most technologically advanced airport terminal in the world, T5...
[03 Mar 2008]
News Airport group BAA has still not been able to pinpoint the exact software glitch that left 6,000 British Airways (BA) long-haul passengers unable to take hold luggage on flights. BAA said it expected to pay compensation to BA over the failure of the...
[21 Feb 2008]
News Unite, the union which represents workers in the civil air transport sector, wants "full consultation" with airport group BAA after it was revealed it is in talks with the Home Office over the plan. BAA confirmed it was talking to the Home Office...
[20 Feb 2008]
News Airport operator BAA hopes this chip could save airport staff hours of time by slashing the number of suitcases with tags which need checking manually - a laborious process that is currently required for tens of suitcases at T3 every day.
[13 Feb 2008]
Photo silicon.com has been given an exclusive behind the scenes look at BAA's brand new Terminal 5 (T5) at Heathrow ahead of its official opening for British Airways (BA) flights on 27 March. The HAC also uses this screen wall, which displays live...
[12 Feb 2008]
News Airport group BAA, which owns seven UK airports including Heathrow, is outsourcing its software application management to India with LogicaCMG. The outsourcer will manage more than 400 applications, ranging from aircraft stand allocation and staff...
[12 Feb 2008]
News A spokeswoman for BAA said: "It allows domestic passengers to take advantage of the larger international lounge. Z is for Zurich Airport Biometric data is already in use for border control purposes at other airports in the UK, including Gatwick and...
[08 Feb 2008]
Photo Photo credit: BAA Jointly developed by the BAA and BA, T5 is due to open on 27 March 2008.silicon.com got a behind-the-scenes look at this five-year project. We also saw exactly how BAA and BA will implement all the technology in T5.
[13 Dec 2007]
News Airport operator BAA is preparing to kick off an RFID luggage-tracking trial at Heathrow. The proliferation of wireless technologies in its airport environments has led BAA to work with wireless professional services provider Red-M, to ensure the...
[14 Nov 2007]
Photo Jointly developed by the BAA and British Airways (BA), T5 is due to open on 27 March 2008.silicon.com got a behind-the-scenes look at this five-year project. We also saw how exactly BAA and BA will implement all the technology in T5.
[27 Jul 2007]
Photo The CCTV system, for example, was trialled at Stansted - another BAA airport - and Heathrow's Terminal 1. Photo credit: BAA Nick Gaines, BAA business-critical systems director, explained that whatever was built needed to be integrated back into the...
[17 Jul 2007]
Photo T5 has been jointly developed by BAA - which runs the airport - and British Airways which will become the sole airline operating out of T5.silicon.com went along to see how the final preparations are going and to see how technology has shaped the...
[13 Jul 2007]
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