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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". The first travel-themed report of the week is news that Ofcom has waved a couple of table... [28 Mar 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. By putting the tech right by the plane any last minute changes... [12 Feb 2008]
Photos: Technology at the heart of Terminal 5
Photo Photo credit: BAA Nick Gaines, BAA business-critical systems director, explained that whatever was built needed to be integrated back into the existing Heathrow infrastructure. He said: "T5 is a technology programme that spreads across BAA. [17 Jul 2007]
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... [25 Sep 2006]
Leader: IT at the heart of T5
Leader Information systems are a huge concern for the BAA team that's masterminding the £4.2bn project. BAA CIO Paul Coby has said the wireless tagging technology will not be used on the baggage system immediately because of cost and logistics... [20 Feb 2006]
IT fault at Gatwick brings airport to halt
News A spokesman for BAA, which owns Gatwick Airport, said the failure brought down every system except those of British Airways: "As soon as it went down we implemented a manual system. BAA has yet to disclose exactly what the systems failure was. [14 Nov 2005]
Departure lounge limbo costing businesses dear
News This week international airports owner BAA talked about a reduction of that ordeal to just 15 minutes. However, the time from entering a terminal to sitting waiting to board a plane looks set to shorten. [30 Mar 2005]
