Aviation News - June 2016

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2010

2006

The Airbus A380

makes its  rst UK

landing on May

5. It arrives at the
   newly built Pier 6 at
   Terminal 3.

2007

A new air

traffic control

tower becomes

operational on

April 21 – the

tallest in the UK.

2008

The  rst commercial

A380  ight arrives at

Heathrow on March 18;

Terminal 5 is officially

opened by The Queen

on March 28.

2009

Terminal 4

undergoes

a major

refurbishment

to improve

facilities.

2010

Demolition

work starts

on Terminal 2

to make way

for its £1bn

replacement.

2014

The brand new Terminal

2: The Queen’s Terminal

opens for business on

June 4. The  rst airline

to move in is United

Airlines.

2015

Terminal 1

closes on

June 29.

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Above: Workers demolish the old control tower in January 2013.

Heathrow Airport

Left: Heathrow is home to the UK’s tallest control tower which became

operational in 2007. Heathrow Airport

Below: Heathrow’s award-winning Terminal 5 is used by British

Airways. The facility opened in 2008 and last year handled 75 million

passengers. Heathrow Airport

Below left: Terminal 4 is the London hub for the SkyTeam airline alliance. Sam Chui

Below right: Queen Elizabeth II opened Heathrow’s redeveloped Terminal 2 on June 23, 2014. The building is named The Queen’s Terminal.

Heathrow Airport

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