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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 In the bowels of the new building is the baggage handling system which BAA and British Airways are both extremely proud of. T5 has been jointly developed by BAA - which runs the airport - and British Airways which will become the sole airline... [13 Jul 2007]
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]
Why did tech ground Heathrow baggage?
News Airport group BAA has still not been able to pinpoint the exact software glitch that left 6,000 British Airways (BA) long-haul passengers unable to take hold luggage on flights. BAA would like to sincerely apologise to these British Airways... [21 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]
Photos of the year
Photo Jointly developed by the BAA and 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 exactly how BAA and BA will implement all the technology in T5. [13 Dec 2007]
How did the Heathrow T5 launch go so wrong?
Comment British Airways (BA) and BAA spent five years and £4.3bn on the huge project using the opportunity building a brand new terminal in order to change the way things were done at Heathrow for the better. [28 Mar 2008]
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. British Airways (BA) confirmed 80 per cent of scheduled flights will be running from T5 today, including all long-haul destinations. [28 Mar 2008]
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]
Tech not to blame for Terminal 5 fiasco
News In the written evidence submitted to the committee, BA said: "A number of the issues were caused by the incorrect setup of the system for live operation by BAA or its contractors and by unexpected software errors. [08 May 2008]
Heathrow T5: The end in sight for first day blues?
News Walsh added that the backlog of bags generated by the problems is not affecting the day-to-day running of the baggage system and the issues are being addressed by a team of engineers and IT specialists from both BA and Heathrow operator BAA. [31 Mar 2008]
RFID tags could slash airlines' $1bn lost luggage bill
News The British Airports Authority (BAA) also welcomed the use of RFID to help cut the number of lost bags but said significant obstacles to mainstream deployment still remain. A BAA spokeswoman said: "One of the problems is the affordability. [23 Feb 2005]
Heathrow Terminal 5 suffers first day baggage chaos
News Heathrow owner and operator, BAA, said the issue was "quickly rectified" with the baggage system now fully operational. A BAA statement said: "Early this morning there was a minor problem with log-ons of the baggage system which affected the... [27 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. This is one of the 96 bag drop points air travellers will be... [12 Feb 2008]
Iris recognition to be installed across UK airports
News The Heathrow trial in 2002 was a joint project by the BAA, the Immigration Service, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic and it registered 200 selected transatlantic passengers. Iris-recognition technology will be used for immigration control across... [15 Jun 2004]
