LHR NEW TERMINAL 2
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LHR NEW TERMINAL 2
Now that T2 is coming gradually up to speed. What do we all think about it?
Personally, having spent the last 30 odd years operating out of terminal 1, I think the whole facility is great! It feels calm, relaxed and clean, Just like Changi!
I hope it stays like that!
Personally, having spent the last 30 odd years operating out of terminal 1, I think the whole facility is great! It feels calm, relaxed and clean, Just like Changi!
I hope it stays like that!
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Had a wander round tonight as my flight from Terrible 1 was late. The thing that struck me was it's size, T2A is quite pokey. It's like a mini T5, of course it's intended to be extended to it's full size once T1 goes but funding is on hold until the review into airports policy is delivered I believe. A huge improvement though.
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Had a wander round tonight as my flight from Terrible 1 was late. The thing that struck me was it's size, T2A is quite pokey. It's like a mini T5, of course it's intended to be extended to it's full size once T1 goes but funding is on hold until the review into airports policy is delivered I believe. A huge improvement though.
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Presumably, T2 will absorb more of the flights from T1, enabling T1 to be pulled down.
Does this mean that T2 will then become cramped and overcrowded?
Does this mean that T2 will then become cramped and overcrowded?
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Presumably, T2 will absorb more of the flights from T1, enabling T1 to be pulled down.
Does this mean that T2 will then become cramped and overcrowded?
Does this mean that T2 will then become cramped and overcrowded?
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As I understand it, T2 will eventually house all Star Alliance carriers plus a few others with the old t1 being demolished. Will a new T1 once built be an extension of T2 for Star Alliance carriers etc or will this create new capacity?
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Will a new T1 once built be an extension of T2 for Star Alliance carriers etc or will this create new capacity?
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Think that once the existing terminal is demolished, its replacement will be adjacant to the new terminal 2 and become the northern part of it.
T2 will need to have its own baggage system installed before that can happen! At the moment it's piggy backing off T1.
My understanding is the side of T2 closest to T1, is a temporary facade. This will be taken down to enable connection to the new T1 development, when the time comes.
That's all contingent on R3, of course.
The only further "T1 development" will be when they pull it down.
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The name "Heathrow East" was being used a while back to describe a new T1/2/3 area while T4 and 5 didn't seem to be mentioned.
Presumably the toast rack layout will run between the two runways and have large terminals at either end. That could lead to a "Heathrow East/West" idea being adopted. Presumably once such a transformation is complete the new terminal space would be greatly increased when compared to what they have today and the main T3 would be replaced with satellite piers feeding both main terminals. T4 would either become redundant due to increased stand space in the central area or be part of another major overhaul on that side of the airfield. T4 cannot adopt the toast rack layout as there is no space to do so in its current position.
Anyway, T2 is, I believe, smaller than what will be needed. The Star Alliance Airlines in T1 will, after they move, be working with a space which has less check in desks than they have right now. I'm not sure how exactly that will work. There will be no where to put a lot of the passengers especially at peak times when every airline has full loads. I think T2 will struggle then. At the moment T2 may work just fine with the drip feed of long haul and Irish flights it has been given but very soon the entire LH and LX (literally 1000s of extra passengers and bags each day as well as 30+ more planes to deal with) operation will be going from there as well as SN, OU, 4U, LO, OS, VSLR, SK, SQ, OZ, TP, TK, NZ, MS, ET and TG flights too. It's going to get very cramped before the year is out. Are there any plans to move AI over to T2 since they are now in Star Alliance too?
I know that one side of it is temporary but to me it seems like the new extension won't be built for ages yet and it will be needed much sooner than that. I know anything which is not STAR will move to T4 or T3 (or in the case of CY move to STN) and then T1 will start to be demolished to make way for the rest of T2, but the time-scale involved does seem a bit slow. ,This kind of sums up LHR in general in that nothing seems to be built with the future in mind.
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The name "Heathrow East" was being used a while back to describe a new T1/2/3 area while T4 and 5 didn't seem to be mentioned.
I know that one side of it is temporary but to me it seems like the new extension won't be built for ages yet and it will be needed much sooner than that. I know anything which is not STAR will move to T4 or T3 (or in the case of CY move to STN) and then T1 will start to be demolished to make way for the rest of T2, but the time-scale involved does seem a bit slow. ,This kind of sums up LHR in general in that nothing seems to be built with the future in mind.
There is plenty of spare capacity at LHR-4 and some carriers could be decanted there in the interim, other Star Alliance carriers may remain at LHR-3 for a few more years.
The name "Heathrow East" was being used a while back to describe a new T1/2/3 area while T4 and 5 didn't seem to be mentioned.
Presumably the toast rack layout will run between the two runways and have large terminals at either end.
Presumably the toast rack layout will run between the two runways and have large terminals at either end.
The proposed final configuration for the "toast rack" (reading from west to east) would be:
T6A T5A T5B T5C T2D T2E T2A T2B T2C
As I said in my earlier post, it's all contingent on permission being granted for R3. Without that, so we're told, Heathrow will wither and die.
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other Star Alliance carriers may remain at LHR-3 for a few more years.
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According to an article in The Independent a while ago, the terminals will be renumbered once complete:
When the final phase is completed, the terminals are likely to be renumbered. It is thought that Terminal 5 will change to 1, with 4 becoming 3. Terminal 2, which used to be Terminal 1, will remain as it is.
Source: No repeat of Terminal 5 horror show when new 'Queen's Terminal' opens this June, Heathrow authorities insist - News & Advice - Travel - The Independent
When the final phase is completed, the terminals are likely to be renumbered. It is thought that Terminal 5 will change to 1, with 4 becoming 3. Terminal 2, which used to be Terminal 1, will remain as it is.
Source: No repeat of Terminal 5 horror show when new 'Queen's Terminal' opens this June, Heathrow authorities insist - News & Advice - Travel - The Independent