BAA accelerates timetable for Terminal 5 occupancy

British Airways is to move into Heathrow's new, state of the art Terminal 5 in
a single move in Spring 2008, rather than phasing the transition over four
years.

BAA and British Airways announced today that they have signed a statement of
intent to accelerate occupation of the new terminal.

"This is good news for Heathrow passengers, for all the Heathrow airlines and
for BAA. This agreement will make available significantly more space within
existing terminals. It will enable us to provide better services to passengers
and airlines and achieve greater efficiency," said Mike Clasper, BAA's chief
executive.

British Airways chief executive Rod Eddington said: "This is excellent news for
our customers. For the first time at Heathrow, British Airways will be able to
have all its operations in one terminal, making our customers' journeys
simpler, quicker and more efficient. We will be able to offer connecting
flights both domestically and internationally on our global network within one
state-of-the-art building.  Our customers will be able to enjoy the ease of
connections our European competitors already offer at airports like Schiphol,
Charles De Gaulle and Frankfurt."

The acceleration of BA's move into Terminal 5, means that it will vacate the
central terminal area, serving terminals one to three, and also terminal four
completely in 2008, enabling BAA to simplify its planned programme to redevelop
Heathrow's core terminal facilities.

Since construction of additional facilities in the central terminal area will
no longer be required for the transition period, there will be opportunities to
improve operational efficiency and retail spend as terminals become less
congested.

These revisions to the Heathrow development plan will require an additional �
100 million investment in Terminal 5, but this will be fully offset by
adjustments within the wider Heathrow capital plan. Terminal 5, which is
slightly ahead of schedule and on budget, is 28 per cent finished, with five
out of a total of nine tunnels bored and the first pieces of the main terminal
building superstructure in place.

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