{"id":98880285,"date":"2015-06-25T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/travel-trends\/a-guide-to-london-heathrow-airport-s-5-soon-to-be-4-terminals\/"},"modified":"2021-07-21T04:20:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T08:20:41","slug":"a-guide-to-london-heathrow-airport-s-5-soon-to-be-4-terminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/a-guide-to-london-heathrow-airport-s-5-soon-to-be-4-terminals\/","title":{"rendered":"A Guide to London Heathrow Airport\u2019s 5 (Soon to be 4) Terminals"},"content":{"rendered":"

London Heathrow Airport<\/a> is the busiest airport in the UK as well as the busiest airport in Europe by passenger traffic. If you\u2019re planning a visit to London or many other destinations across Britain or elsewhere in Europe, there\u2019s a good chance Heathrow the first place in you encounter. Don\u2019t worry though \u2013 once past the exit things get better! Still, by huge, old international airport standards, Heathrow isn\u2019t all that bad.<\/p>\n

To help you hit the ground running with ease, here\u2019s a look at the airports five (though soon to be four) terminals.
\nTerminal 5<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opened in 2008, Terminal 5 is the newest addition to the airport. It is used exclusively by airlines British Airways<\/a> and Iberica. The terminal\u2019s main building is the largest freestanding structure in the UK. With open planning, streamlined check-in and security areas it offers a far more pleasant experience than many terminals and is probably the easiest and quickest terminal to get in and out of at Heathrow.
\nTerminal 4<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

This terminal is a base for 35 airlines (mostly
\nSkyteam alliance members), which operate mostly long haul flights and
\nservices to destinations in Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Terminal 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Terminal 3 is used by Oneworld members and a
\nfew other nonaffiliated airlines and is the hub for Virgin Atlantic<\/a>‘s
\nlong-haul operations. If arriving at the terminal by car or picking
\nup\/being picked up here, you\u2019ll be relieved to know the drop-off area is
\nlarger and more manageable than most people experience at airports.
\nMany travelers find the terminal\u2019s large and airy pedestrianized plaza
\nto be a nice, stress reducing area.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Terminal 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Queen\u2019s Terminal,\u201d reopened only a year ago after being shut since 2009 for a major overhaul. The terminal is British home to 23 Star Alliance airlines as well as Aer Lingus<\/a>, and Germanwings<\/a> carriers. Although much, much larger in scale than Terminal 5, those behind its refurb seem to have learned a lesson or two from the design of T5.
\n\u00a0Terminal 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Currently only occupied British Airways \u2013 and set to close at the end of this month to be demolished to make way for continued work at Terminal 2 \u2013 only 20 daily flights to nine destinations fly out of Terminal 1.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Pic via Wikimedia Commons – Warren Rohner
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London Heathrow Airport is the busiest airport in the UK as well as the busiest airport in Europe by passenger traffic. If you\u2019re planning a visit to London or many other destinations across Britain or elsewhere in Europe, there\u2019s a good chance Heathrow the first place in you encounter. Don\u2019t worry though \u2013 once past […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98880285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98880285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98880285"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98880285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98907964,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98880285\/revisions\/98907964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98880285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98880285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98880285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}