Heathrow celebrate 25 years of Terminal 4
04.04.11
Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 4 has celebrated its silver jubilee. It was opened by Diana Princess of Wales and Prince Charles of Wales in 1 April 1986. Built at a cost of £200 million and located at the south east of the airport, more than £170 million is currently being invested in an extensive modernisation programme of the terminal, so that passengers enjoy a 21st century airport experience.
The airport revealled that more people use Terminal 4 than live in London (8.3 million passengers on 54,217 flights last year) and since it opened 284.6 million passengers have passed through its gates. Terminal 4 is also significant because it serves the world’s most unusual and far-flung cities. It is home to the Skyteam airline alliance and boasts 38 airlines flying to 53 destinations including Taipei, Baku and Mumbai, with thousands of passengers using Terminal 4 every day to fly to China, India and Africa.
As part of Heathrow’s £1 billion a year investment programme, Terminal 4 has been significantly improved in recent years and was recently ranked Europe’s ‘most improved terminal’ in a survey of leading airports by Airports Council International (ACI). A 6,000 square metre extension has transformed check-in while work continues in Baggage Reclaim and Arrivals.
Chris Butler, Terminal 4’s operations director, said: ‘Terminal 4 is a window to the world. The direct links it boasts to emerging markets will be even more vital to British businesses as we seek to grow our way out of recession. For leisure travellers, it is also one of the most diverse terminals in the world and we revel in the unique mix of faces and languages that pass through it every day.’
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