Indian travellers ordeal reduced in UK

London: Here's hope for anyone and that's just about everyone flying into Heathrow from Delhi or Mumbai, only to be faced with inevitably long security queues, flight delays and chaotic baggage retrieval. Come April, all Indian flights on Britain's national carrier will fly into — and out of — Terminal 5, the snazziest and roomiest new addition to one of the world's busiest airports.
A sneak preview, exclusively afforded to TOI, reveals some of the hidden features of an airport terminal so vast it can fit 50 football pitches over its five floors; so high it provides views on a clear day of Windsor Castle and Wembley Stadium miles away and the first airport Prada store in Europe and the US.
But Terminal 5, which boasts it can handle 35 million passengers or half Heathrow's entire current capacity, is being touted as more than just a convenient, clean and cleverly-designed gateway to and from Britain.
Nick Ziebland, retail director for Terminal 5 at BAA, the company that runs Britain's largest airports, believes this new European travel hub, which will locate all British Airways short-haul and long-haul flights under the same roof, will "bring back the glamour of flying".
18/10/07 Agencies/Central Chronicle

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