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Comment Anybody wanting to use a mobile in flight must state their intention at check-in and will consequently be seated at the back of the plane with the rest of the self-important morons shouting into their blingfones (TM). [15 May 2008]
Computer classics, Vista uptake, iPhone price cuts and Heathrow T5...
News Check out where your favourite golden oldies came in the running. It was time for some tech nostalgia during April with the Sinclair ZX spectrum crowned the most popular first home computer by silicon.com readers. [28 Apr 2008]
Editor's Blog: Signs of terminal decline at T5?
Comment Online check-in worked fine, as did the fast bag drop. Editor's choice - three things you must check out on silicon.com this week: And check out our interview with the FBI cyber crime chief. It's a small claim to fame, I know, but I was one of the... [16 Apr 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Eating your own dog food
Comment Then there are those hotel check-ins and supermarket tills that seem to require hundreds of keystrokes. Written at London's Heathrow airport after a confused journey through the newly opened Terminal 5. [14 Apr 2008]
Editor's Blog: My Freecycle identity crisis
Comment Editor's choice - three things you must check out on silicon.com this week: silicon.com has been eagerly following Heathrow's T5 transformation over the past two years but when it finally opened its doors this week, it was plagued with problems. [01 Apr 2008]
Beijing airport gets in shape for Olympics
News Sita, the IT services company which specialises in aviation, has completed the installation of 700 work stations that will be used for check-in, boarding and transfers. The terminal uses Sita's AirportConnect software on 330 check-in counters and... [31 Mar 2008]
How did the Heathrow T5 launch go so wrong?
Comment In the run up to the opening of T5 there were overnight baggage-systems tests using thousands of bags and full trials of the check-in procedure and IT systems. To many, the travails of Heathrow's new Terminal 5 (T5) won't come as a huge surprise... [28 Mar 2008]
BA CEO: Heathrow T5 chaos 'not our finest hour'
News Passengers for flights scheduled for today are now able to check in baggage despite this being suspended on Thursday evening. The problems at Heathrow's new £4.3bn Terminal 5 (T5) have continued into a second day following the chaos caused by... [28 Mar 2008]
Heathrow Terminal 5 suffers first day baggage chaos
News On Thursday evening the problems with the baggage system led to all luggage check-in at the new terminal being suspended. On opening day of Heathrow's £4.3bn Terminal 5 (T5), passengers have been hit by delays and flight cancellations as a result... [27 Mar 2008]
Heathrow Terminal 5 opens its doors
News Check out the behind the scenes photo and video stories, along with the rest of our coverage over the past few years. 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... [27 Mar 2008]
Photos: Passenger's eye view of Heathrow Terminal 5
Photo Here is one of the towers that mark out the different sections of T5 and holds digital displays showing flight and check-in information. One of the 96 self-check-in kiosks, also seen at other BA airport terminals. [13 Feb 2008]
Photos: Heathrow's T5 tech ready for take-off
Photo There is also a section for flight crew where they can check in for flights and use briefing rooms to be introduced to their colleagues for each flight they are working on. This is one of the 96 bag drop points air travellers will be using when... [12 Feb 2008]
BA puts faith in IP at Terminal 5
Case Study The systems running on the network include passenger check-in, ticketing and departure control information, along with crew scheduling and other back-office systems. The testing involved up to 3,000 volunteers at a time passing through the check-in... [08 Feb 2008]
British Airways sets up tech innovation unit
News Another initiative that has already come out of the innovation unit is a trial at Dusseldorf Airport in Germany replacing the BA self-service check-in kiosks with PCs and printers. British Airways (BA) has set up a special innovation unit to... [30 Nov 2007]
Paul Coby
AS Profile New innovations include a completely revamped and more user-friendly BA.com website and self-service - for both staff and passengers - with online check-in and an employee portal that allows staff to check rosters and print their own payslips. [12 Oct 2007]
