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Editor's Blog: Signs of terminal decline at T5?
Comment I was off the plane - and had picked up my luggage - and sailed out of the airport in just 10 minutes. It's a small claim to fame, I know, but I was one of the passengers who flew from the newly opened Heathrow Terminal 5 last week - and my luggage... [16 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
Round-Up Doing little to dispel the general sense of despair at Heathrow was news the airport has had to temporarily suspend plans to introduce biometric fingerprint checks for domestic passengers travelling through the airport. [28 Mar 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News Sita has had general talks with the UK government about future border control systems and has been involved with developing a number of precursors to these technologies, including the miSense biometric security trial at Heathrow Airport. [21 Feb 2008]
Photos: Passenger's eye view of Heathrow Terminal 5
Photo This is the view that will greet air passengers when they arrive at Heathrow's Terminal 5 when it opens on 27 March. Housed under a huge arched roof, T5 aims to revolutionise the British Airways passenger experience at Heathrow.silicon.com followed... [13 Feb 2008]
Photos: Heathrow's T5 tech ready for take-off
Photo This shows one of the desks at BA's Heathrow Airport Control (HAC) centre which is now based in T5. 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... [12 Feb 2008]
Photos: Technology at the heart of Terminal 5
Photo Above, a British Airways plane passes the new Terminal 5 at Heathrow. The CCTV system, for example, was trialled at Stansted - another BAA airport - and Heathrow's Terminal 1. Terminal 5 (T5) is the first new terminal to be built at Heathrow for... [17 Jul 2007]
Will's Web Watch: Let the train take the strain
Comment Allowing an hour to check in and pass security, plus an added 15 minutes should the Heathrow 'Xpress' (ho ho) be up to the levels of service I normally seem to experience, we're already up to two hours and 45 minutes - and that's before the... [04 Jun 2007]
Heathrow to run biometric security checks
News Biometric fingerprint and iris scans will be used for screening air passengers on Emirates and Cathay Pacific flights to and from Dubai and Hong Kong as part of a trial at London's Heathrow Airport. Tony Douglas, CEO of Heathrow Airport, claimed... [06 Dec 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Airport security frustrations
Comment Over the past few weeks I have been flying in and out of the main London airports of Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted heading to continental and international destinations using a variety of airlines. Contrast this with my outgoing flight from... [25 Sep 2006]
First mobile-friendly planes to take off in 2007
News BMI will test the business case, usage patterns and social issues around using mobile phones on aircraft on one of its A320 Airbus planes flying out of London Heathrow Airport on various short-haul routes across Europe. [22 Jun 2006]
Leader: IT at the heart of T5
Leader The construction of Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport is a massive project that will mean some big improvements for passengers starting in 2008. Got your own views on Heathrow? With any luck, they will result in fewer queues, the ability to be more... [20 Feb 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: RFID and flight security
Comment Written on EZ3866 flying Amsterdam to London Stansted and dispatched to silicon.com from London Heathrow via wi-fi. I'm now at T4 Heathrow waiting to board for Washington on an aircraft that is twice the size with even more potential for such... [01 Dec 2005]
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