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New Heathrow Terminal 2 plan unveiled
A plan to demolish Terminal 2 and the Queens Building at Heathrow and replace them with a new facility costing up to £1.5 billion have been unveiled.
The London airport’s owner BAA has put forward a plan to create a single state of the art building capableof handling 30 million passengers following the completion of the new Terminal 5.
The ‘Heathrow East’ proposal would create a new terminal to match the scale of Terminal 5.
If given the go-ahead, BAA would have options to close or redevelop Terminal 1. BAA stressed the plan does not involved any net rise in passenger capacity.
Heathrow managing director Mick Temple said: “The significant increase in capacity created by Terminal 5 gives us a once in a lifetime opportunity to look at the rest of Heathrow and think creatively about how we can use our current very limited space better.
“We are excited by the idea of Heathrow East, but at the moment it is still just an idea.
“We aim to discuss the possibilities with our airlines and the Civil Aviation Authority to see if we can make it a reality.”
Virgin Atlantic chief executive Steve Ridgway, welcoming the plan, said: “Heathrow may be one of the world’s busiest airports but its patchwork growth means that it certainly isn’t one of the world’s most attractive or easiest to use for passengers.
“Radical new plans like the ones BAA has outlined to upgrade and or replace existing facilities are long overdue.”
Star Alliance CEO Jaan Albrecht described the development as “essential”, adding: “We await with interest to see what the specific proposals are and we of course muts be entirely satisfied that they are comparable with those of our main competitors at Heathrow.”
Report by Phil Davies
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