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Heathrow 'temporarily delays' fingerprint checks
News A BAA statement said: "We will be working closely with the Information Commissioner and the Home Office over the next few weeks to agree the best approach going forward. The ICO contacted BAA about the fingerprinting system after these concerns... [26 Mar 2008]
ID cards chief defends u-turn
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. Click on the links below to find out everything you... [10 Mar 2008]
ID cards plan: Airport union wants answers
News BAA confirmed it was talking to the Home Office about airport workers being among those required to have ID cards under the £5.4bn National Identity Register scheme from about 2009. We want the process to be transparent, they [the BAA] would have... [20 Feb 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. BAA has begun the trial with Emirates, during which time it expects to... [13 Feb 2008]
Biometrics open up Heathrow Terminal One
News A spokeswoman for BAA said: "It allows domestic passengers to take advantage of the larger international lounge. Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security. [08 Feb 2008]
CIO Essentials: MS licensing, Tesco CIO and online shopping
News BAA's RFID trial prepares for takeoff Find out who made it into silicon.com's Agenda Setters top 20 by clicking the links below… It'll be a wrench to leave after nearly seven years but it's time to find a new challenge after getting the US... [20 Nov 2007]
Photos of the month - July 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]
Photos: Heathrow's Terminal 5 comes alive
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]
RFID luggage-tracking lands at Heathrow
News BAA will use the trial to see how the system compares to the current system of barcode scanning in terms of keeping track of bags. A BAA spokeswoman said: "This trial will allow us to compare the success rate of RFID technology against our existing... [09 Jul 2007]
Biometric airport security gets thumbs-up
News The miSense technology was developed and delivered by a consortium of organisations including Accenture, BAA, the Border & Immigration Agency, Cathay Pacific, Emirates, IER, Raytheon, Sagem and Sita. Click on the links below to find out everything... [20 Jun 2007]
Photos: Celebrating the top CIOs
Photo Many of those on the CIO50 attended the launch, including the CIOs of Associated Newspapers, Atkins, Avis Europe, BAA, Betfair, British Energy, Carphone Warehouse, Corus, LCH Clearnet, Norwich Union, Siemens and the UK government. [13 Jun 2007]
Remote and mobile working tech "essential"
News Richard Rundle, IT director at airport operator BAA, added: "Our infrastructure and our applications - both legacy and new - have been re-engineered to ensure all employees can work from home whilst ensuring our environment remains secure. [18 May 2007]
Businesses tackle laptop theft data security risks
News Richard Rundle, IT director, BAA Click on the links below to find out more. He said: "I would love to find a free piece of software which I could offer to put onto all university and student laptops, and smart phones, which would be able to send... [15 May 2007]
Re:Viewing 2006: Photos of the year
Photo BAA had to deploy an environmental relocation team to divert two rivers before building work could begin. April 2006: While travelling through France, silicon.com's Jo Best stopped at the city of Caen in Normandy to find out how the city's trial of... [20 Dec 2006]
