London Heathrow’s new terminal opens
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Qatar Airways chief executive officer, HE Akbar Al Baker recently joined Her Majesty The Queen, and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, at the official opening of the new Terminal 2. Al Baker, who sits as a non-executive director on the board of Heathrow Airport Limited, was present with other airline CEOs and executives.
The Queen inaugurated London Airport’s first passenger terminal, the Central Terminal Area, in December 1955 but has now renamed Terminal 2 as the Queen’s Terminal. The former Terminal 2 was built to handle an annual 1.2 million passengers at its peak; the new building has been built to handle 20 m. It has 24 departure gates, 24 fully-serviced aircraft stands and cost £2.5billion to create.
The first carriers to use the terminal are United Airlines, ANA, Air Canada and Air China. They will be followed by another 22 airlines including Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa, Virgin Atlantic Little Red and Aer Lingus by October this year. When fully occupied, Terminal 2 will have 332 flights per day to 54 destinations around the world.
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