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The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08

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". Not that it's all plain sailing, or indeed flying, at Heathrow's terminal.

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[28 Mar 2008]

Heathrow Terminal 5 opens its doors

News Behind the scenes at BA and BAA's mega-project Tech hard at work keeping BA flying. 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...

Tags: baa, heathrow, ba, travel

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[27 Mar 2008]

Heathrow T3 tackles lost luggage with RFID

News BAA hopes to recoup the £150,000 cost of the six-month trial from efficiency savings in baggage handling and reductions in the cost of returning lost baggage to customers. Airport operator BAA hopes this chip could save airport staff hours of time...

Tags: rfid, heathrow, baa, chip

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[13 Feb 2008]

Photos: Heathrow's T5 tech ready for take-off

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. This is one of the 96 bag drop points air travellers will be...

Tags: heathrow, control, security, ip

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[12 Feb 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: Airport security frustrations

Comment On each occasion I have been subject to the new security regime inflicted by BAA and the resulting long lines of misery at check-in and security. BAA staff also regularly assailed me to check, at least three times before security, that I have no...

Tags: business travel, biometrics

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[25 Sep 2006]

UK airports' wi-fi flying high

News Business travellers should prepare themselves for an extra connectivity boost - BAA has announced it will be rolling out wi-fi access across six of its airports this month. BAA has picked The Cloud to install and maintain the wi-fi network.

Tags: baa, wi-fi, the cloud, airport

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[14 Mar 2006]

HP StorageWorks NAS Solution Keeps Airport Terminal Construction Project Flying on Course

whitepaper BAA is at the heart of the world's transport network. BAA selected a network-attached storage (NAS) solution based on the HP StorageWorks NAS E7000 system. It is the largest single airport operator in the world - and a major commercial landlord...

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[21 May 2004]

BT flying high with £46.6m BAA deal

News BT announced on Thursday that it has signed a £46.6m deal with airport operator BAA to supply it with managed voice and data at its Stansted, Heathrow and Gatwick sites, as well as promoting BAA's flexible working strategy.

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[07 May 2004]