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BA CEO: Heathrow T5 chaos 'not our finest hour'
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]
Heathrow Terminal 5 opens its doors
News Behind the scenes at BA and BAA's mega-project Wi-fi at the airport 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... [27 Mar 2008]
RFID luggage-tracking lands at Heathrow
News The British Airport Authority (BAA) will install the infrastructure on selected check-in desks around the airport. 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. [09 Jul 2007]
Businesses tackle laptop theft data security risks
News Richard Rundle, IT director, BAA W is for Wi-fi An exclusive investigation by silicon.com earlier this month revealed a sharp rise in the number of laptops stolen in the UK, while in recent months organisations such as Marks & Spencer, the... [15 May 2007]
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. [14 Mar 2006]
Heathrow's high-tech Terminal 5 prepares for take off
News Nick Gains, head of systems for BAA, says: "Information flow is critical to passenger flow in an airport. Tony Douglas, MD of BAA T5, says: "It was the original brown-field site. T5 for BAA is a very big project - it's the gateway to London. [20 Feb 2006]
Departure lounge limbo costing businesses dear
News This week international airports owner BAA talked about a reduction of that ordeal to just 15 minutes. Around 35 per cent of business travellers spend three to four hours every month waiting for flights and BT - which serves parts of this... [30 Mar 2005]
BT flying high with £46.6m BAA deal
News The deal follows on from a agreement the pair signed recently for BT to supply BAA with Wi-Fi hotspots in some departure lounges and install 350 payphones and 180 internet kiosks at the three airports. [07 May 2004]
Wi-Fi in departures, Wi-Fi in the sky - an industry embraces wireless
News BAA, one of the world's largest owners of airports around the world, has now announced a Wi-Fi hotspot at Heathrow Terminal 1 in London, an offering put together with the help of BT Openzone and Intel, which is currently pushing its Centrino... [11 Apr 2003]
BT touts Wi-Fi over 3G
News BT announced on Wednesday it has struck deals with BAA, Hilton and Welcome Break that should help it reach its target of 400 Wi-Fi hot spots by this summer, and 4,000 by June 2005, as it aims to dominate the UK's commercial Wi-Fi market. [30 Jan 2003]
