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News So far 299 flights have been cancelled due to the problems which first emerged on Thursday when a number of issues - including car parking, baggage system problems and staff familiarisation - blighted the first operational day of the terminal.
[31 Mar 2008]
News British Airways (BA) confirmed 80 per cent of scheduled flights will be running from T5 today, including all long-haul destinations. Passengers for flights scheduled for today are now able to check in baggage despite this being suspended on...
[28 Mar 2008]
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. There is also a section for flight crew where they can check...
[12 Feb 2008]
News British Airways (BA) - the sole airline using T5 - had to cancel 33 flights (departing and arriving) before 14:00(GMT) due to the baggage system problems, although the majority of delayed passengers were moved onto later flights.
[27 Mar 2008]
Comment Doing a band-playing, big-bang move of so many flights and services to the new terminal was a fool-hardy move in the first place - they should have trickled stuff into it over six months. It's now late Saturday and there are still problems...
[03 Apr 2008]
Round-Up BA, the sole airline using Terminal 5, yesterday had to cancel flights due to the baggage system problems, although most delayed passengers were moved to later flights. BAA, the owner of Heathrow, said yesterday there was a "minor problem with log...
[28 Mar 2008]
News The number of flights arriving in Beijing is predicted to increase by 70 per cent during the Games with peak days of around 1,900 flights, compared to the usual 1,150 average. Beijing's new $3bn airport terminal has completed the rollout of a major...
[31 Mar 2008]
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. Heathrow's Terminal 5 in pics ¦ Photos: Passenger's eye view of...
[21 Feb 2008]
Comment It seems that the big-bang introduction of so many flights at once was too much for the new terminal to take. 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...
[16 Apr 2008]
News Travellers waiting to board UK-bound flights will now be able to access the larger international departure lounge at Terminal One providing they are willing to undergo the biometric checks. British Airways, BMI and Aer Lingus all offer domestic...
[08 Feb 2008]
News Manchester Airport is using business intelligence (BI) software to help manage passenger flows through security after becoming one of the first UK airports to once again allow people to take more than one item of hand baggage on flights.
[07 Jan 2008]
News But Huish pointed out that the service came into its own in August when airlines were told by security services to be careful of passengers carrying vessels of liquid, which caused major disruptions to flights.
[31 Oct 2007]
News British Airways (BA) is to scrap traditional check-in desks for passengers on UK domestic flights from the end of next month as part of its continued investment in automated check-in systems. From April 25, the only way for passengers on internal...
[21 Mar 2006]
Photo Meanwhile, Heathrow's Terminal 3 and Emirates Airlines are running a trial of RFID technology to keep track of baggage on flights to and from Dubai. We also took a look at the technology which keeps the terminal and BA's Heathrow operations up and...
[28 Feb 2008]
Comment I've booked all my internal flights through India's Jet Airways - one of the private airlines set up to compete with the national airline Air India - and check-in at Mumbai's domestic airport is not the headache you would imagine, even though the...
[01 Jun 2004]
News Work is also progressing on the new Terminal Five at Heathrow, where BA will switch all its Heathrow flights to from 2008. One of the key factors will be that no new or experimental technology will be used when the Terminal Five opens.
[08 Sep 2004]
AS Analysis The other airline CIO, at 25 on the list, is Bill Maguire at Virgin America, the Branson-backed US domestic low-cost airline start-up, which made its maiden customer flights this summer. Coby continues to adhere to his mantra of there being "no IT...
[12 Oct 2007]
Comment So long as the price of flights doesn't increase substantially, I think it's a worthwhile investment! ¦ Peter Cochrane's Video Blog: Multitasking mastery ¦ Heathrow Terminal 5 opens its doors ¦ Video: The Colossus WWII codebreaking...
[27 Mar 2008]
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