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One year deadline for Terminal 5 One year deadline for Terminal 5
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The new £4.3bn terminal at Heathrow Airport will be ready in exactly one year, planners of the scheme have said. The new £4.3bn terminal at Heathrow Airport will be ready in exactly one year, the scheme's planners have said.
Terminal 5 will undergo six months of tests involving 16,000 volunteers before its opening on 27 March 2008. Terminal 5 will undergo six months of tests involving 16,000 volunteers before it opens on 27 March 2008.
The tests will check facilities from car parking to flight journeys at the airport which is the biggest in the UK. The tests will check facilities from car parking to flight journeys at the airport, the UK's biggest.
Work on the terminal began in 2002 after a record-breaking four-year public inquiry prompted by local residents and green groups.Work on the terminal began in 2002 after a record-breaking four-year public inquiry prompted by local residents and green groups.
The terminal will serve an extra 30 million passengers and the first flight to be served by it will be a BA service from Hong Kong.The terminal will serve an extra 30 million passengers and the first flight to be served by it will be a BA service from Hong Kong.
"Ageing terminal""Ageing terminal"
The passengers arriving from the Far East will be the first of about 40,000 to go through the terminal on its first day of operation.The passengers arriving from the Far East will be the first of about 40,000 to go through the terminal on its first day of operation.
For the first time we will have space to breathe in the central terminal area Heathrow chief executive Tony Douglas T5 IN NUMBERS Work began in 2002UK's biggest free-standing buildingMain structure is 396m longWill cater for 30m passengers a yearEight miles of tunnels boredTwo rivers diverted30,000sq m of glass facades installed
It will have platforms to serve both the Heathrow Express and London Underground's Piccadilly line.It will have platforms to serve both the Heathrow Express and London Underground's Piccadilly line.
Shops at the terminal will include Harrods and celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay will open his first airport-based restaurant there.Shops at the terminal will include Harrods and celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay will open his first airport-based restaurant there.
Heathrow chief executive Tony Douglas said 68 million passengers would fly through Heathrow this year "in ageing terminal facilities designed to accommodate around 45 million".Heathrow chief executive Tony Douglas said 68 million passengers would fly through Heathrow this year "in ageing terminal facilities designed to accommodate around 45 million".
He said: "When T5 opens and 30 million passengers move out of existing terminals, for the first time we will have space to breathe in the central terminal area and have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to redevelop the rest of the airport and bring it up to a comparable standard to T5. He said: "When T5 opens and 30 million passengers move out of existing terminals, for the first time we will have space to breathe in the central terminal area.
"We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to redevelop the rest of the airport and bring it up to a comparable standard to T5."