Heathrow Terminal 2 topped out

Transport Minister Justine Greening was on hand to help ‘top out’ the all-new Heathrow T2 last Wednesday (29 February) prior to work starting in earnest on the internal furnishings.  The building will be the home of Star Alliance at the airport.  She has recently been at Gatwick, Stansted and will next week officially open the new Southend terminal.

To minimise disruption to passengers, construction of Terminal 2 is taking place in two phases.  The first phase will see the creation of the main terminal on the site of the old Terminal 2 and Queen's Building.  It also involves the construction of a satellite terminal with additional aircraft parking stands and passenger gates called Terminal 2B.  This first phase is due to open to passengers in 2014.

Phase two includes the construction of a second satellite building, T2C, which will increase the capacity of Terminal 2 from 20 to 30 million passengers a year.

The main terminal building – T2A – will have 12 aircraft stands.  The satellite building – T2B (connected to T2A via an underground walkway) – will have 16 aircraft stands.  Available are 60 self-service kiosks and 60 fast bag drops – which can be easily configured for traditional use.  There are 17 security lanes and 56 traditional check-in lanes. www.baa.com

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