Английская Википедия:Heathrow Airport

Материал из Онлайн справочника
Перейти к навигацииПерейти к поиску

Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Redirect-multi Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox airport

Heathrow Airport (Шаблон:IPAc-en),[1] called London Airport until 1966 and now known as it can London Heathrow[2] Шаблон:Airport codes, is the main international airport serving London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It is the largest of the six international airports in the London airport system (the others being Gatwick, City, Luton, Stansted and Southend). The airport is owned and operated by Heathrow Airport Holdings, owned mostly by Ferrovial and Qatar Investment Authority and CDPQ.[3] In 2022, it was the second-busiest airport in the world by international passenger traffic and the busiest airport in Europe in 2023.[4] It is also the airport with the world's most international connections as of 2023.[5]

Heathrow was founded as a small airfield in 1929 but was developed into a much larger airport after World War II. It lies Шаблон:Convert west of Central London on a site that covers Шаблон:Convert. It was gradually expanded over 75 years and now has two parallel east–west runways, four operational passenger terminals and one cargo terminal.[2] The airport is the primary hub for British Airways and Virgin Atlantic.

Location

Heathrow is Шаблон:Convert west of Central London.[2] It is located Шаблон:Convert west of Hounslow, Шаблон:Convert south of Hayes, and Шаблон:Convert north-east of Staines-upon-Thames.

Heathrow falls entirely within the boundaries of the London Borough of Hillingdon, and under the Twickenham postcode area, with the postcode TW6. It is surrounded by the villages of Sipson, Harlington, Harmondsworth, and Longford to the north and the neighbourhoods of Cranford and Hatton to the east. To the south lie Feltham, Bedfont and Stanwell while to the west Heathrow is separated from Slough, Horton and Windsor in Berkshire by the M25 motorway. The airport is located within the Hayes and Harlington parliamentary constituency.

As the airport is located west of London and as its runways run east–west, an aircraft's landing approach is usually directly over the Greater London Urban Area when the wind is from the south-west — as it is, most of the time.

The airport forms part of a travel to work area consisting of (most of) Greater London, and neighbouring parts of the surrounding Home Counties. Шаблон:Clear left

History

Файл:Aerial photograph of Heathrow Airport, 1955.jpg
Aerial photo of Heathrow Airport from the 1950s, before the terminals were built

Шаблон:For Heathrow Airport began in 1929 as a small airfield (Great West Aerodrome) on land southeast of the hamlet of Heathrow from which the airport takes its name. At that time the land consisted of farms, market gardens and orchards; there was a "Heathrow Farm" approximately where the modern Terminal 2 is situated, a "Heathrow Hall" and a "Heathrow House." This hamlet was largely along a country lane (Heathrow Road), which ran roughly along the east and south edges of the present central terminals area.

Development of the whole Heathrow area as a much larger airport began in 1944 during World War II. It was intended for long-distance military aircraft bound for the Far East. By the time some of the airfields runways were usable, World War II had ended, and the UK Government continued to develop the site as a civil airport. The airport was opened on 25 March 1946 as London Airport. The airport was renamed Heathrow Airport in the last week of September 1966, to avoid confusion with the other two airports which serve London, Gatwick and Stansted.[6] The design for the airport was by Sir Frederick Gibberd. He set out the original terminals and central-area buildings, including the original control tower and the multi-faith Chapel of St George's.

Operations

Facilities

Файл:Qantas b747 over houses arp.jpg
A former Qantas Boeing 747-400 passing over Myrtle Avenue on approach to runway 27L at Heathrow.
Файл:Heathrow Control Tower (6151313288).jpg
Heathrow's control tower amidst departure gates at Terminal 3.
Файл:Concorde G-BOAB at Heathrow.jpg
G-BOAB, a former British Airways Concorde on display at Heathrow.

Heathrow Airport is used by over 89 airlines flying to 214 destinations in 84 countries. The airport is the primary hub of British Airways and is a base for Virgin Atlantic. It has four passenger terminals (numbered 2 to 5) and a cargo terminal. In 2021 Heathrow served 19.4 million passengers, of which 17 million were international and 2.4 million domestic. The busiest year ever recorded was 2019 when 80.9 million passengers travelled through the airport. Heathrow is the UK's largest port by value with a network of over 218 destinations worldwide. The busiest single destination in passenger numbers is New York, with over threeШаблон:Nbspmillion passengers flying between Heathrow and JFK Airport in 2021.[7]

In the 1950s, Heathrow had six runways, arranged in three pairs at different angles in the shape of a hexagram with the permanent passenger terminal in the middle and the older terminal along the north edge of the field; two of its runways would always be within 30° of the wind direction. As the required length for runways has grown, Heathrow now has only two parallel runways running east–west. These are extended versions of the two east–west runways from the original hexagram. From the air, almost all of the original runways can still be seen, incorporated into the present system of taxiways. North of the northern runway and the former taxiway and aprons, now the site of extensive car parks, is the entrance to the access tunnel and the site of Heathrow's unofficial "gate guardian". For many years the home of a 40% scale model of a British Airways Concorde, G-CONC; the site has been occupied by a model of an Emirates Airbus A380 since 2008.[8] Heathrow Airport has Anglican, Catholic, Free Church, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh chaplains. There is a multi-faith prayer room and counselling room in each terminal, in addition to St. George's Interdenominational Chapel in an underground vault adjacent to the old control tower, where Christian services take place. The chaplains organise and lead prayers at certain times in the prayer room.[9]

The airport has its resident press corps, consisting of six photographers and one TV crew, serving all the major newspapers and television stations around the world.[10]

Most of Heathrow's internal roads’ names are coded by their first letter: N in the north (e.g. Newall Road), E in the east (e.g. Elmdon Road), S in the south (e.g. Stratford Road), W in the west (e.g. Walrus Road), C in the centre (e.g. Camborne Road).

Cargo

The top cargo export destinations include the United States, China and the United Arab Emirates handling 1.4 million tonnes of cargo in 2022. Top products exported were books, salmon and medicine.[11]

Flight movements

Aircraft destined for Heathrow are usually routed to one of four holding points. Air traffic controllers at Heathrow Approach Control (based in Swanwick, Hampshire) then guide the aircraft to their final approach, merging aircraft from the four holds into a single stream of traffic, sometimes as close as Шаблон:Convert apart. Considerable use is made of continuous descent approach techniques to minimise the environmental effects of incoming aircraft, particularly at night.[12] Once an aircraft is established on its final approach, control is handed over to Heathrow Tower.

When runway alternation was introduced, aircraft generated significantly more noise on departure than when landing, so a preference for westerly operations during daylight was introduced, which continues to this day.[13] In this mode, aircraft take off towards the west and land from the east over London, thereby minimising the impact of noise on the most densely populated areas. Heathrow's two runways generally operate in segregated mode, whereby landings are allocated to one runway and takeoffs to the other. To further reduce noise nuisance, the use of runways 27R and 27L is swapped at 15:00 each day if the wind is from the west. When landings are easterly there is no alternation; 09L remains the landing runway and 09R the takeoff runway due to the legacy of the now rescinded Cranford Agreement, pending taxiway works to allow the roles to be reversed. Occasionally, landings are allowed on the nominated departure runway, to help reduce airborne delays and to position landing aircraft closer to their terminal, reducing taxi times.

Night-time flights at Heathrow are subject to restrictions. Between 23:00 and 04:00, the noisiest aircraft (rated QC/8 and QC/16) cannot be scheduled for operation. Also, during the night quota period (23:30–06:00) there are four limits:

  • A limit on the number of flights allowed.
  • A Quota Count system which limits the total amount of noise permitted, but allows operators to choose to operate fewer noisy aircraft or a greater number of quieter planes.[14]
  • QC/4 aircraft cannot be scheduled for operation.
  • A voluntary agreement with the airlines that no early-morning arrivals will be scheduled to land before 04:30.

A trial of "noise-relief zones" ran from December 2012 to March 2013, which concentrated approach flight paths into defined areas compared with the existing paths which were spread out. The zones used alternated weekly, meaning residents in the "no-fly" areas received respite from aircraft noise for set periods.[15] However, it was concluded that some residents in other areas experienced more noise as a consequence of the trial and that it should therefore not be taken forward in its current form. Heathrow received more than 25,000 noise complaints in just three months over the summer of 2016, but around half were made by the same ten people.[16]

In 2017, Heathrow introduced "Fly Quiet & Green", a quarterly published league table (currently suspended due to the Covid pandemic) that awards points to the 50 busiest airlines at the airport, ostensibly based on their performance relative to each other across a range of seven environmental benchmarks, such as Шаблон:NOx emissions.[17] Heathrow has acknowledged, but not attempted to refute, criticism over discrepancies and a lack of transparency over the way in which the figures are calculated.[18] The airport has always refused to publish a breakdown showing how many "Fly Quiet points" each performance benchmark has contributed towards the total score it awards to an airline, thereby putting obstacles in the way of any independent auditing of the published results.[19] Among other criticisms of the league table are the unexplained omission of some of the poorer performers among the 50 busiest airlines[20] and the emphasis on relative rather than absolute performance,[21] so an airline could well improve its "Fly Quiet" score quarter-on-quarter even if its environmental performance had in fact worsened over the period.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic Heathrow has seen a big increase in cargo-only flights, not only by already established carriers at the airport operating cargo-only flights using passenger aircraft, but also several cargo-only airlines.[22]

Arrival stacks

Шаблон:Main Inbound aircraft to London Heathrow Airport typically follow one of several Standard Arrival Routes (STARs). The STARs each terminate at one of four different VOR installations, and these also define four "stacks"[23] where aircraft can be held, if necessary until they are cleared to begin their approach to land. Stacks are sections of airspace where inbound aircraft will normally use the pattern closest to their arrival route. They can be visualised as a helix in the sky. Each stack descends in Шаблон:Convert intervals from Шаблон:Convert down to Шаблон:Convert. Aircraft hold between Шаблон:Convert at 1,000-foot intervals. If these holds become full, aircraft are held at more distant points before being cleared onward to one of the four main holds.

The following four stacks are currently in place:

  • The Bovingdon stack is for arrivals from the northwest. It extends above the village of Bovingdon and the town of Chesham, and uses the VOR BNN ("Bovingdon"), which is situated on the former RAF Bovingdon airfield.
  • The Biggin Hill stack on the southeast edge of Greater London is for arrivals from the southeast. It uses the VOR BIG ("Biggin"), which is situated on London Biggin Hill Airport.
  • The Lambourne stack in Essex is for arrivals from the northeast. It uses the VOR LAM ("Lambourne"), which is situated adjacent to Stapleford Aerodrome.
  • The Ockham stack in Surrey is for arrivals from the southwest. It uses the VOR OCK ("Ockham"), which is situated on the former Wisley Airfield.

In high-traffic situations, Air Traffic Controllers can opt to utilise a number of RNAV STARs to either send traffic to a non-standard stack or move traffic from one stack to another. These are not allowed to be used for flight planning and will be assigned by ATC tactically.

Third runway

In September 2012, the Government of the United Kingdom established the Airports Commission, an independent commission chaired by Sir Howard Davies to examine various options for increasing capacity at UK airports. In July 2015, the commission backed a third runway at Heathrow, which the government approved in October 2016.[24][25][26] However, the England and Wales Court of Appeal rejected this plan for a third runway at Heathrow, on the basis that the government failed to consider climate change and the environmental impact of aviation.[27] On 16 December 2020, the UK Supreme Court lifted the ban on the third runway expansion, allowing the construction plan to go ahead.[28]

Regulation

Шаблон:Further Until it was required to sell Gatwick and Stansted Airports, Heathrow Airport Holdings, owned mostly by FGP and Qatar Investment Authority and CDPQ[3] held a dominant position in the London aviation market and has been heavily regulated by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) as to how much it can charge airlines to land. The annual increase in landing charge per passenger was capped at inflation minus 3% until 1 April 2003. From 2003 to 2007 charges increased by inflation plus 6.5% per year, taking the fee to £9.28 per passenger in 2007. In March 2008, the CAA announced that the charge would be allowed to increase by 23.5% to £12.80 from 1 April 2008 and by inflation plus 7.5% for each of the following four years.[29] In April 2013, the CAA announced a proposal for Heathrow to charge fees calculated by inflation minus 1.3%, continuing until 2019.[30] Whilst the charges for landing at Heathrow are determined by the CAA and Heathrow Airport Holdings, the allocation of landing slots to airlines is carried out by Airport Co-ordination Limited (ACL).[31]

Until 2008, air traffic between Heathrow and the United States was strictly governed by the countries' bilateral Bermuda II treaty. The treaty originally allowed only British Airways, Pan Am and TWA to fly from Heathrow to designated gateways in the US. In 1991, Pan Am and TWA sold their rights to United Airlines and American Airlines respectively, while Virgin Atlantic was added to the list of airlines allowed to operate on these routes. The Bermuda II Air Service Agreement was superseded by a new "open skies" agreement that was signed by the United States and the European Union on 30 April 2007 and came into effect on 30 March 2008. Shortly afterwards, additional US airlines, including Northwest Airlines, Continental Airlines, US Airways and Delta Air Lines started services to Heathrow. Following Brexit, the US and UK signed a new US-UK Air Transport Agreement in November 2020 incorporating all the essential elements of Open Skies, which came into effect in March 2021.[32]

The airport was criticised in 2007 for overcrowding and delays;[33] according to Heathrow Airport Holdings, Heathrow's facilities were originally designed to accommodate 55Шаблон:Nbspmillion passengers annually. The number of passengers using the airport reached a record 70Шаблон:Nbspmillion in 2012.[34] In 2007 the airport was voted the world's least favourite, alongside Chicago O'Hare, in a TripAdvisor survey.[35] However, the opening of Terminal 5 in 2008 has relieved some pressure on terminal facilities, increasing the airport's terminal capacity to 90Шаблон:Nbspmillion passengers per year. A tie-up is also in place with McLaren Applied Technologies to optimise the general procedure, reducing delays and pollution.[36]

With only two runways, operating at over 98% of their capacity, Heathrow has little room for more flights, although the use of larger aircraft such as the Airbus A380 has allowed some increase in passenger numbers. It is difficult for existing airlines to obtain landing slots to enable them to increase their services from the airport, or for new airlines to start operations.[37] To increase the number of flights, Heathrow Airport Holdings has proposed using the existing two runways in 'mixed mode' whereby aircraft would be allowed to take off and land on the same runway. This would increase the airport's capacity from its current 480,000 movements per year to as many as 550,000 according to British Airways CEO Willie Walsh.[38] Heathrow Airport Holdings has also proposed building a third runway to the north of the airport, which would significantly increase traffic capacity.[39]

Security

Policing of the airport is the responsibility of the aviation security, a unit of the Metropolitan Police, although the British Army, including armoured vehicles of the Household Cavalry, has occasionally been deployed at the airport during periods of heightened security.[40] Full body scanners are now used at the airport, and passengers who refuse to use them are required to submit to a hand search in a private room.[41] The scanners display passengers' bodies as cartoon figures, with indicators showing where concealed items may be.[41]

For many decades Heathrow had a reputation for theft from baggage by baggage handlers. This led to the airport being nicknamed "Thiefrow", with periodic arrests of baggage handlers.[42][43]

Following the widespread disruption caused by reports of drone sightings at Gatwick Airport, and a subsequent incident at Heathrow, a drone-detection system was installed airport-wide to attempt to combat disruption caused by the illegal use of drones.[44][45]

Terminals

Heathrow Airport currently consists of four operational passenger terminals. The former Terminal 1 closed in 2015.

Terminal 2

Файл:Heathrow T2 central overview.jpg
Terminal 2 central departures area

Шаблон:Main The airport's newest terminal, officially known as the Queen's Terminal, was opened on 4 June 2014 and has 24 gates.[46][47] Designed by Spanish architect Luis Vidal, it was built on the site that had been occupied by the original Terminal 2 and the Queens Building.[48][49] The main complex was completed in November 2013 and underwent six months of testing before opening to passengers. It includes a satellite pier (T2B), a 1,340-space car park, and a cooling station to generate chilled water. There are 52 shops and 17 bars and restaurants.[50]

The airlines moved from their original locations over six months, with only 10% of flights operating from there in the first six weeks (United Airlines' transatlantic flights) to avoid the opening problems seen at Terminal 5. On 4 June 2014, United became the first airline to move into Terminal 2 from Terminals 1 and 4 followed by All Nippon Airways, Air Canada and Air China from Terminal 3. Air New Zealand, Asiana Airlines, Croatia Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, South African Airways, and TAP Air Portugal moved in on 22 October 2014.[51]

Most flights from Terminal 2 are coming from northern Europe or west Europe. It is primarily used by Star Alliance airlines (consolidating the airlines under Star Alliance's co-location policy "Move Under One Roof"). The terminal is also used by SkyTeam member China Airlines along with a few non-aligned airlines. Terminal 2 is one of the two terminals that operate UK and Irish domestic flights.

The original Terminal 2 opened as the Europa Building in 1955 and was the airport's oldest terminal. It had an area of Шаблон:Convert and was designed to handle around 1.2Шаблон:Nbspmillion passengers annually. In its final years, it accommodated up to 8Шаблон:Nbspmillion. A total of 316Шаблон:Nbspmillion passengers passed through the terminal in its lifetime. The building was demolished in 2010, along with the Queens Building which had housed airline company offices.[52]

Terminal 3

Файл:Heathrow Airport 010.jpg
Terminal 3 bird's-eye view

Шаблон:Main Terminal 3 opened as the Oceanic Terminal on 13 November 1961 to handle flight departures for long-haul routes for foreign carriers to the United States and Asia.[53] At this time the airport had a direct helicopter service to central London from the gardens on the roof of the terminal building. Renamed Terminal 3 in 1968, it was expanded in 1970 with the addition of an arrivals building. Other facilities added included the UK's first moving walkways. In 2006, the new £105Шаблон:Nbspmillion Pier 6 was completed[54] to accommodate the Airbus A380 superjumbo; Emirates and Qantas operate regular flights from Terminal 3 using the Airbus A380.

Redevelopment of Terminal 3's forecourt by the addition of a new four-lane drop-off area and a large pedestrianised plaza, complete with a canopy to the front of the terminal building, was completed in 2007. These improvements were intended to improve passengers' experience, reduce traffic congestion and improve security.[55] As part of this project, Virgin Atlantic was assigned its dedicated check-in area, known as 'Zone A', which features a large sculpture and atrium.

Шаблон:As of, Terminal 3 has an area of Шаблон:Convert with 28 gates, and in 2011 it handled 19.8Шаблон:Nbspmillion passengers on 104,100Шаблон:Nbspflights.[56]

Most flights from Terminal 3 are long haul flights from North America, Asia and other foreign countries other than Europe. Terminal 3 is home to Oneworld members (with the exception of Malaysia Airlines, Qatar Airways and Royal Air Maroc, all of which use Terminal 4), SkyTeam members Aeroméxico, Delta Air Lines, Middle East Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, and several long haul unaffiliated carriers. British Airways also operates several flights from this terminal, as does Iberia and Vueling.

Terminal 4

Файл:Heathrow LON 04 07 77.JPG
Terminal 4 bird's-eye view

Шаблон:Main Opened in 1986, Terminal 4 has 22 gatesШаблон:Citation needed and is situated to the south of the southern runway next to the cargo terminal and is connected to Terminals 2 and 3 by the Heathrow Cargo Tunnel. The terminal has an area of Шаблон:Convert and is now home to the SkyTeam alliance, except China Airlines which uses Terminal 2, and Aeroméxico, Delta Air Lines, Middle East Airlines, and Virgin Atlantic which use Terminal 3, Oneworld carriers Malaysia Airlines, Qatar Airways, Royal Air Maroc, and Gulf Air and to most unaffiliated carriers. It has undergone a £200Шаблон:Nbspmillion upgrade to enable it to accommodate 45Шаблон:Nbspairlines with an upgraded forecourt to reduce traffic congestion and improve security. Most flights that go to Terminal 4 are flights coming from East Europe, Central Asia, North Africa and the Middle East as well as a few flights to Europe. An extended check-in area with renovated piers and departure lounges and a new baggage system were installed, and four new stands were built to accommodate the Airbus A380; Qatar Airways operates regular A380 flights. Etihad Airways and Malaysia Airlines operate regular A350 flights. China Southern Airlines, El Al,[57] Etihad Airways, Gulf Air, and Vietnam Airlines operate regular Boeing 787 flights.

Terminal 5

Файл:Heathrow Airport 014.jpg
Terminal 5 bird's-eye view
Файл:Heathrow Terminal 5C Iwelumo-1.jpg
British Airways aircraft at Terminal 5C
Файл:TerminalFiveAirportHeathrowAugust2012.JPG
Central waiting area in Terminal 5

Шаблон:Main Terminal 5 lies between the northern and southern runways at the western end of the Heathrow site and was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 14 March 2008,[58] 19 years after its inception. It opened to the public on 27 March 2008, and British Airways and its partner company Iberia have exclusive use of this terminal, which has 50Шаблон:Nbspgates,Шаблон:Citation needed including three hardstands. The first passenger to enter Terminal 5 was a UK ex-pat from Kenya who passed through security at 04:30 on the day. He was presented with a boarding pass by British Airways CEO Willie Walsh for the first departing flight, BA302 to Paris. During the two weeks after its opening, operations were disrupted by problems with the terminal's IT systems, coupled with insufficient testing and staff training, which caused over 500 flights to be cancelled.[59] Terminal 5 is exclusively used by British Airways as its global hub. However, because of the merger, between 25 March 2012 and 12 July 2022, Iberia's operations at Heathrow were moved to the terminal, making it the home of International Airlines Group.[60] On 12 July 2022, Iberia's flight operations were moved back to Terminal 3. On 7 July 2020, American moved to Terminal 5, to allow for easier connections from American's transatlantic flights to British Airways flights during the pandemic. However, all the American flights, except JFK, have returned to Terminal 3. China Southern Airlines used Terminal 5 due to the pandemic until it was relocated to Terminal 4 in November 2022.

Built for £4.3Шаблон:Nbspbillion, the terminal consists of a four-story main terminal building (Concourse A) and two satellite buildings linked to the main terminal by an underground people mover transit system. Concourse A is dedicated to British Airways's narrowbody fleet for flights around the UK and the rest of Europe, the first satellite (Concourse B) includes dedicated stands for BA and Iberia's widebody fleet except for the Airbus A380, and the second satellite (Concourse C), includes 7 dedicated aircraft stands for the A380. It became fully operational on 1 June 2011. Terminal 5 was voted Skytrax World's Best Airport Terminal 2014 in the Annual World Airport Awards.[61]

The main terminal building (Concourse A) has an area of Шаблон:Convert while Concourse B covers Шаблон:Convert.[62] It has 60 aircraft stands and capacity for 30Шаблон:Nbspmillion passengers annually as well as more than 100Шаблон:Nbspshops and restaurants.[63] It is also home to British Airways' Flagship lounge, the Concorde Room, alongside four further British Airways branded lounges.[64] One of those lounges is the British Airways Arrivals Lounge which is located land-side.

A further building, designated Concourse D and of similar size to Concourse C, may yet be built to the east of the existing site, providing up to another 16Шаблон:Nbspstands. Following British Airways' merger with Iberia, this may become a priority since the combined business will require accommodation at Heathrow under one roof to maximise the cost savings envisaged under the deal. A proposal for Concourse D was featured in Heathrow's most recent capital investment plan.Шаблон:When

The transport network around the airport has been extended to cope with the increase in passenger numbers. New branches of both the Heathrow Express and the Underground's Piccadilly line serve a new shared Heathrow Terminal 5 station. A dedicated motorway spur links the terminal to the M25 (between junctions 14 and 15). The terminal has a 3,800Шаблон:Nbspspaces multi-storey car park. A more distant long-stay car park for business passengers is connected to the terminal by a personal rapid transit system, the Heathrow Pod, which became operational in the spring of 2011.[65] An automated people mover (APM) system, known as the Transit, transports airside passengers between the main terminal building and the satellite concourses.[66]

Terminal assignments

As of 2 September 2023, Heathrow's four passenger terminals are assigned as follows:[67]

Terminal Airlines and alliances
Шаблон:Nowrap Star Alliance, China Airlines and several short-haul non-aligned airlines
Terminal 3 Oneworld (except Iberia, Malaysia Airlines, Royal Air Maroc and Qatar Airways), Aeromėxico, Delta Air Lines, Middle East Airlines, Virgin Atlantic and several long-haul non-aligned airlines
Terminal 4 SkyTeam (except Aeromėxico, China Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Middle East Airlines, and Virgin Atlantic), Malaysia Airlines, Royal Air Maroc, Qatar Airways as well as most non-aligned airlines
Terminal 5 British Airways (most destinations), Iberia

Following the opening of Terminal 5 in March 2008, a complex programme of terminal moves was implemented. This saw many airlines move to be grouped in terminals by airline alliance as far as possible.[68]

Following the opening of Phase 1 of the new Terminal 2 in June 2014, all Star Alliance member airlines[69] (with the exception of new member Air India which moved in early 2017[70]) along with Aer Lingus and Germanwings relocated to Terminal 2 in a phased process completed on 22 October 2014. Additionally, by 30 June 2015 all airlines left Terminal 1 in preparation for its demolition to make room for the construction of Phase 2 of Terminal 2.[71] Some other airlines made further minor moves at a later point, e.g. Delta Air Lines merging all departures in Terminal 3 instead of a split between Terminals 3 and 4.[72] Iberia moved to Terminal 5 on 1 June 2023.[73]

Terminal usage during the COVID-19 pandemic

Heathrow Airport has four terminals with a total of 115 gates, 66 of which can support wide-body aircraft and 24 gates that can support an Airbus A380. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Heathrow's services were sharply reduced. It announced that as of 6 April 2020, the airport would be transitioning to single-runway operations and that it would be temporarily closing Terminals 3 and 4, moving all remaining flights into Terminals 2 or 5.[74] Dual runway operations were restored in August 2020. Heathrow returned to single-runway operations on 9 November 2020. On 11 December 2020, Heathrow announced Terminal 4 would be shut until the end of 2021.[75] Terminal 4 was used sporadically during 2021 for red list passengers who would be subject to mandatory hotel quarantine.[76] Terminal 3 was reopened for use by Virgin Atlantic and Delta on 15 July 2021, and Terminal 4 was reopened to normal operations on 14 June 2022.[77][78]

Former Terminal 1

Шаблон:Main Terminal 1 opened in 1968 and was inaugurated by Queen Elizabeth II in April 1969.[79][80] Terminal 1 was the Heathrow base for British Airways' (BA) domestic and European network and a few of its long haul routes before Terminal 5 opened. The acquisition of British Midland International (BMI) in 2012 by BA's owner International Airlines Group meant British Airways took over BMI's short-haul and medium-haul destinations from the terminal.[81] Terminal 1 was also the main base for most Star Alliance members though some were also based at Terminal 3. Prior to the opening of terminal 5, all domestic and Common Travel Area departures and arrivals needed to use terminal 1, which had separate departure piers for these flights.

Terminal 1 closed at the end of June 2015, the site is now being used to extend Terminal 2[82] which opened in June 2014. A number of the newer gates used by Terminal 1 were built as part of the Terminal 2 development and are being retained.[83][84] The last tenants along with British Airways were El Al, Icelandair (moved to Terminal 2 on 25 March 2015) and LATAM Brasil (the third to move in to Terminal 3 on 27 May 2015). British Airways was the last operator in Terminal 1. Two flights of this carrier, one departing to Hanover and one arriving from Baku, marked the terminal closure on 29 June 2015. British Airways operations have been relocated to Terminals 3 and 5.[85]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate regularly scheduled passenger flights at London Heathrow Airport:[86]

Шаблон:Airport destination list

Cargo

Шаблон:Airport destination list

Air traffic and statistics

Overview

Файл:London Heathrow Statistics.png
Development of passenger numbers, aircraft movements and air freight between 1986 and 2014

When ranked by passenger traffic, Heathrow is the eighth busiest airport internationally, behind Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Denver International Airport, Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Dubai International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, and Istanbul Airport, for the 12 months ending December 2022.[87] London Heathrow Airport was noted as the best-connected airport globally in 2019 according to the OAG's Megahubs Index with a connectivity score of 317. Dominant carrier British Airways was recorded as holding a 51% share of flights at the hub.[88]

In 2015, Heathrow was the busiest airport in Europe in total passenger traffic, with 14% more passengers than Paris–Charles de Gaulle Airport[89] and 22% more than Istanbul Atatürk Airport.[90] Heathrow was the fourth busiest European airport by cargo traffic in 2013, after Frankfurt Airport, Paris–Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.[91]

In 2020, Heathrow's passenger numbers dropped sharply by over 72%, (a decrease of 58Шаблон:Nbspmillion travellers compared to 2019), due to the impact caused by restrictions and/or bans on travel caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic. More than four million passengers travelled on domestic and international flights in and out of Heathrow in March 2023, meaning it was once again the busiest airport in Europe after falling to the second spot in November 2022.[92]

Annual traffic statistics

Overview

Шаблон:Airport-Statistics

In table

Annual traffic statistics at Heathrow[93]
Year Passengers handledШаблон:Efn Cargo Aircraft movements
Numbers % Change (tonnes) % Change Numbers % Change
1986 31,675,779 Шаблон:Sort 537,131 Шаблон:Sort 315,753 Шаблон:Nochange
1987 35,079,755 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 574,116 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 329,977 Шаблон:Increase 4.3
1988 37,840,503 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 642,147 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 351,592 Шаблон:Increase 6.1
1989 39,881,922 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 686,170 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 368,429 Шаблон:Increase 4.6
1990 42,950,512 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 695,347 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 390,372 Шаблон:Increase 5.6
1991 40,494,575 Шаблон:DecreaseШаблон:Sort 654,625 Шаблон:DecreaseШаблон:Sort 381,724 Шаблон:Decrease 2.3
1992 45,242,591 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 754,770 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 406,481 Шаблон:Increase 6.1
1993 47,899,081 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 846,486 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 411,173 Шаблон:Increase 1.1
1994 51,713,366 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 962,738 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 424,557 Шаблон:Increase 3.2
1995 54,461,597 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 1,031,639 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 434,525 Шаблон:Increase 2.3
1996 56,049,706 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 1,040,486 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 440,343 Шаблон:Increase 1.3
1997 58,185,398 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 1,156,104 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 440,631 Шаблон:Increase 0.1
1998 60,683,988 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 1,208,893 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 451,382 Шаблон:Increase 2.4
1999 62,268,292 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 1,265,495 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 458,300 Шаблон:Increase 1.5
2000 64,618,254 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 1,306,905 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 466,799 Шаблон:Increase 1.8
2001 60,764,924 Шаблон:DecreaseШаблон:Sort 1,180,306 Шаблон:DecreaseШаблон:Sort 463,567 Шаблон:Decrease 0.7
2002 63,362,097 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 1,234,940 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 466,545 Шаблон:Increase 0.6
2003 63,495,367 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 1,223,439 Шаблон:DecreaseШаблон:Sort 463,650 Шаблон:Decrease 0.6
2004 67,342,743 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 1,325,173 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 476,001 Шаблон:Increase 2.6
2005 67,913,153 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 1,305,686 Шаблон:DecreaseШаблон:Sort 477,887 Шаблон:Increase 0.4
2006 67,527,923 Шаблон:DecreaseШаблон:Sort 1,264,129 Шаблон:DecreaseШаблон:Sort 477,048 Шаблон:Decrease 0.2
2007 68,066,028 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 1,310,987 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 481,476 Шаблон:Increase 0.9
2008 67,054,745 Шаблон:DecreaseШаблон:Sort 1,397,054 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 478,693 Шаблон:Decrease 0.6
2009 66,036,957 Шаблон:DecreaseШаблон:Sort 1,277,650 Шаблон:DecreaseШаблон:Sort 466,393 Шаблон:Decrease 2.6
2010 65,881,660 Шаблон:Decrease Шаблон:Sort 1,472,988 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 454,823 Шаблон:Decrease 2.5
2011 69,433,230 Шаблон:Increase Шаблон:Sort 1,484,351 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 480,906 Шаблон:Increase 5.4
2012 70,037,417 Шаблон:Increase Шаблон:Sort 1,464,390 Шаблон:DecreaseШаблон:Sort 475,176 Шаблон:Decrease 1.2
2013 72,367,054 Шаблон:Increase Шаблон:Sort 1,422,939 Шаблон:DecreaseШаблон:Sort 471,936 Шаблон:Decrease 0.7
2014 73,374,825 Шаблон:Increase Шаблон:Sort 1,498,906 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 472,802 Шаблон:Increase 0.2
2015 74,959,058 Шаблон:Increase Шаблон:Sort 1,496,551 Шаблон:DecreaseШаблон:Sort 473,087 Шаблон:Increase 2.7
2016 75,676,223 Шаблон:Increase Шаблон:Sort 1,541,029 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 473,231 Шаблон:Increase 0.2
2017 77,988,752 Шаблон:Increase Шаблон:Sort 1,698,455 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 474,033 Шаблон:Increase 0.6
2018 80,102,017 Шаблон:Increase Шаблон:Sort 1,788,815 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 477,604 Шаблон:Increase 1.0
2019 80,884,310 Шаблон:Increase Шаблон:Sort 1,587,451 Шаблон:DecreaseШаблон:Sort 475,861 Шаблон:Decrease 0.3
2020 22,109,723 Шаблон:Decrease Шаблон:Sort 1,150,030 Шаблон:DecreaseШаблон:Sort 200,905 Шаблон:Decrease57.8
2021 19,393,145 Шаблон:Decrease Шаблон:Sort 1,402,913 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 190,032 Шаблон:Decrease5.4
2022 61,611,838 Шаблон:Increase Шаблон:Sort 1,350,878 Шаблон:DecreaseШаблон:Sort 384,383 Шаблон:Increase98.7
2023 79,151,723 Шаблон:Increase Шаблон:Sort 1,387,060 Шаблон:IncreaseШаблон:Sort 454,089 Шаблон:Increase18.1

Busiest routes

Busiest routes from LHR (2023)
Rank Destination Passengers Change 2022 / 23
1 Шаблон:Flagicon New York–JFK, United States 3,073,200 Шаблон:Increase 29.48%
2 Шаблон:Flagicon Dubai–International, United Arab Emirates 2,438,593 Шаблон:Increase 7.89%
3 Шаблон:Flagicon Doha, Qatar 1,712,158 Шаблон:Increase 14.80%
4 Шаблон:Flagicon Dublin, Republic of Ireland 1,693,197 Шаблон:Increase 28.26%
5 Шаблон:Flagicon Los Angeles, United States 1,662,464 Шаблон:Increase 35.66%
6 Шаблон:Flagicon Madrid, Spain 1,471,836 Шаблон:Increase 24.16%
7 Шаблон:Flagicon Singapore–Changi, Singapore 1,426,108 Шаблон:Increase 50.15%
8 Шаблон:Flagicon Amsterdam, Netherlands 1,385,530 Шаблон:Increase 21.11%
9 Шаблон:Flagicon Frankfurt, Germany 1,333,000 Шаблон:Increase 27.44%
10 Шаблон:Flagicon Mumbai, India 1,284,213 Шаблон:Increase 43.84%
11 Шаблон:Flagicon Istanbul, Turkey 1,231,667 Шаблон:Increase 11.57%
12 Шаблон:Flagicon Munich, Germany 1,209,739 Шаблон:Increase 29.53%
13 Шаблон:Flagicon Hong Kong, Hong Kong 1,184,050 Шаблон:Increase 395.38%
14 Шаблон:Flagicon Zurich, Switzerland 1,119,529 Шаблон:Increase 35.22%
15 Шаблон:Flagicon Toronto, Canada 1,109,113 Шаблон:Increase 41.02%
16 Шаблон:Flagicon Chicago–O'Hare, United States 1,093,196 Шаблон:Increase 21.91%
17 Шаблон:Flagicon Delhi, India 1,083,003 Шаблон:Increase 81.43%
18 Шаблон:Flagicon San Francisco, United States 1,065,276 Шаблон:Increase 21.21%
19 Шаблон:Flagicon Paris–Charles de Gaulle, France 1,058,813 Шаблон:Increase 15.40%
20 Шаблон:Flagicon Newark, United States 1,056,347 Шаблон:Increase 30.40%
Source: CAA Statistics[94]
Busiest domestic routes from LHR (2022)
Rank Destination Passengers Change 2021 / 22
1 Edinburgh 732,421 Шаблон:Increase 91%
2 Glasgow 694,334 Шаблон:Increase 88%
3 Belfast-City 598,977 Шаблон:Increase 77%
4 Manchester 412,547 Шаблон:Increase 81%
5 Aberdeen 411,683 Шаблон:Increase 68%
6 Newcastle upon Tyne 328,801 Шаблон:Increase 184%
7 Jersey 316,997 Шаблон:Increase 101%
8 Inverness 132,529 Шаблон:Increase 107%
9 Isle of Man 20,345 Шаблон:Increase 194%
10 Newquay 11,704 Шаблон:Increase 14%
Source: CAA Statistics[94]

Other facilities

Файл:Compass Building on the Bath Road by Philip Jeffrey.jpg
The Compass Centre, the head office of Heathrow Airport Holdings

The head office of Heathrow Airport Holdings (formerly BAA Limited) is located in the Compass Centre by Heathrow's northern runway, a building that previously served as a British Airways flight crew centre.[95] The World Business Centre Heathrow consists of three buildings. 1 World Business Centre houses offices of Heathrow Airport Holdings, Heathrow Airport itself, and Scandinavian Airlines.[96] Previously International Airlines Group had its head office in 2 World Business Centre.[97][98]

At one time the British Airways head office was located within Heathrow Airport at Speedbird House[99] before the completion of Waterside, the current BA head office in Harmondsworth, in June 1998.[100]

To the north of the airfield lies the Northern Perimeter Road, along which most of Heathrow's car rental agencies are based, and Bath Road, which runs parallel to it, but outside the airport campus.

Transport

Public transport

Файл:Heathrow Airport tube and rail stations.png
Heathrow Airport tube and rail stations (Note: The map is outdated as TfL Rail is now the Elizabeth line.)

Train

Файл:Paddington - GWR 387141+387130 arriving from Heathrow.JPG
Heathrow Express Class 387 at London Paddington

There are three train services to Central London:

Bus and coach

Many bus and coach services operate from Heathrow Central bus station, which serves Terminal 2 and Terminal 3. Services also operate from the bus stations located at Terminal 4 and Terminal 5.

Inter-terminal transport

Файл:Heathrow Terminal 5 - Track Transit System (2307580672).jpg
Terminal 5 airside transit system

Terminals 2 and 3 are within walking distance of each other. Transfers from Terminals 2 and 3 to Terminals 4 and 5 are provided by Elizabeth line and Heathrow Express trains and the London Underground Piccadilly line.[103] Direct transfer between Terminals 4 and 5 is provided for free by route H30, introduced by Diamond Buses on 1 December 2022.[104]

Transit passengers remaining airside are provided with free dedicated transfer buses between terminals. These use dedicated airside tunnels (Heathrow Cargo Tunnel between Terminals 2/3 and 4, Heathrow Airside Road Tunnel between Terminals 2/3 and 5) to minimise disruption to aircraft operations.

The Heathrow Pod personal rapid transit system shuttles passengers between Terminal 5 and the business car park using 21 small, driverless transportation pods. The pods are battery-powered and run on-demand on a four-kilometre track, each able to carry up to four adults, two children, and their luggage.[105] Plans exist to extend the Pod system to connect Terminals 2 and 3 to remote car parks.[106]

An underground automated people mover system known as the Transit operates within Terminal 5, linking the main terminal with the satellite Terminals 5B and 5C. The Transit operates entirely airside using Bombardier Innovia APM 200 people mover vehicles.[107][108]

Hotel access

The Hotel Hoppa bus network connects all terminals to major hotels in the area.[109]

Taxi

Taxis are available at all terminals.[110]

Car

Heathrow is accessible via the nearby M4 motorway or A4 road (Terminals 2–3), the M25 motorway (Terminals 4 and 5) and the A30 road (Terminal 4). There are drop-off and pick-up areas at all terminals and short-[111] and long-stay[112] multi-storey car parks. All the Heathrow forecourts are drop-off only.[113] There are further car parks, not run by Heathrow Airport Holdings, just outside the airport: the most recognisable is the National Car Parks facility, although there are many other options; these car parks are connected to the terminals by shuttle buses.

Four parallel tunnels under the northern runway connect the M4 Heathrow spur and the A4 road to Terminals 2–3. The two larger tunnels are each two lanes wide and are used for motorised traffic. The two smaller tunnels were originally reserved for pedestrians and bicycles; to increase traffic capacity the cycle lanes have been modified to each take a single lane of cars, although bicycles still have priority over cars. Pedestrian access to the smaller tunnels has been discontinued, with the free bus services being used instead.

Bicycle

There are (mainly off-road) bicycle routes to some of the terminals.[114] Free bicycle parking places are available in car parks 1 and 1A, at Terminal 4, and to the North and South of Terminal 5's Interchange Plaza. Cycling is not currently allowed through the main tunnel to access the central area and Terminals 2 and 3.[115]

Incidents and accidents

  • On 3 March 1948, Sabena Douglas DC-3 OO-AWH crashed in fog. Three crew and 19 of the 22 passengers on board died.[116]
  • On 31 October 1950, BEA Vickers Viking G-AHPN crashed at Heathrow after hitting the runway during a go-around. Three crew and 25 passengers died.[117]
  • On 16 January 1955, a BEA Vickers Viscount (registered as G-AMOK) crashed into barriers whilst taking off in the fog from a disused runway strip parallel to the desired runway. There were two injuries.[118]
  • On 22 June 1955, a BOAC de Havilland Dove (registration: G-ALTM) crashed just short of the runway during a filming flight when the pilot shut down the incorrect engine. There were no casualties.[119]
  • On 1 October 1956, XA897, an Avro Vulcan strategic bomber of the Royal Air Force, crashed at Heathrow after an approach in bad weather. The Vulcan was the first to be delivered to the RAF and was returning from a demonstration flight to Australia and New Zealand. The pilot and co-pilot ejected and survived, but the four other occupants were killed.[120]
  • On 7 January 1960, Vickers Viscount G-AOHU of BEA was damaged beyond economic repair when the nose wheel collapsed on landing. A fire then developed and burnt out the fuselage. There were no casualties among the 59 people on board.[121]
  • On 27 October 1965, BEA Vickers Vanguard G-APEE, flying from Edinburgh, crashed on Runway 28R while attempting to land in poor visibility. All 30 passengers and six crew on board died.[122][123]
  • On 8 April 1968, BOAC Flight 712 Boeing 707 G-ARWE, departing for Australia via Singapore, suffered an engine fire just after take-off. The engine fell from the wing into a nearby gravel pit in Staines, before the plane managed to perform an emergency landing with the wing on fire. However, the plane was consumed by fire once on the ground. Five people – four passengers and a flight attendant – died, while 122 survived. The flight attendant, Barbara Harrison, who helped with the evacuation, was posthumously awarded the George Cross.[124]
  • On 3 July 1968, the port flap operating rod of G-AMAD, an Airspeed Ambassador operated by BKS Air Transport failed due to fatigue, thereby allowing the port flaps to retract. This resulted in a rolling movement to the port which could not be controlled during the approach, causing the aircraft to contact the grass and swerve towards the terminal building. It hit two parked British European Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident aircraft, burst into flames and came to rest against the ground floor of the terminal building. Six of the eight crew died, as did eight horses on board. Trident G-ARPT was written off,[125] and Trident G-ARPI was badly damaged, but subsequently repaired, only to be lost in the Staines crash in 1972.
  • On 18 June 1972, Trident G-ARPI, operating as BEA548, crashed in a field close to the Crooked Billet Public House, Staines, two minutes after taking off. All 118 passengers and crew on board died.[126]
  • On 17 January 2008, a British Airways Boeing 777-236ER, G-YMMM, operating flight BA038 from Beijing, crash-landed at Heathrow. The aircraft landed on grass short of the south runway, then slid to the edge of the runway and stopped on the threshold, leading to 18 minor injuries. The aircraft was later found to have suffered a loss of thrust caused by fuel icing.[127]
  • On 28 September 2022, there was a ground collision involving a Korean Air Boeing 777 that was about to take off to Seoul, and an Icelandair Boeing 757 which had landed from Reykjavik. The 777 aborted its takeoff and no injuries were reported, but the aircraft suffered minor damage.[128]

Terrorism and security incidents

  • On 8 June 1968, James Earl Ray, the man convicted of the 4 April 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., was captured and arrested at Heathrow Airport while attempting to leave the United Kingdom for Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) on a false Canadian passport.[129]
  • On 6 September 1970, El Al Flight 219 experienced an attempted hijack by two PFLP members. One hijacker was killed and the other was subdued as the plane made an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport.
  • On 19 May 1974, the IRA planted a series of bombs in the Terminal 1 car park. Two people were injured by the explosions.[130]
  • On 26 November 1983, the Brink's-Mat robbery occurred, in which 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26Шаблон:Nbspmillion were taken from a vault near Heathrow. Only a small amount of the gold was recovered and only two men were convicted of the crime.[131]
  • On 17 April 1986, semtex explosives were found in the bag of a pregnant Irishwoman attempting to board an El Al flight. The explosives had been given to her by her Jordanian boyfriend and the father of her unborn child Nizar Hindawi. The incident became known as the Hindawi Affair.[132]
  • On 21 December 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded mid-air over the town of Lockerbie, killing all 259 onboard and eleven people on the ground. The flight originated from Frankfurt as a feeder flight with a change of aircraft at Heathrow and was on its transatlantic leg to New York's JFK airport at the time of the incident. An unaccompanied suitcase containing a boombox radio/cassette player which housed the explosive was checked in at Malta and forwarded as interline baggage for this flight at Frankfurt, wherein it made its way to the transatlantic leg.
  • In 1994, over six days, Heathrow was targeted three times (8, 10, and 13 March) by the IRA, which fired 12 mortars. Heathrow was a symbolic target due to its importance to the UK economy, and much disruption was caused when areas of the airport were closed over the period. The gravity of the incident was heightened because the Queen was being flown back to Heathrow by the RAF on 10 March.[133]
  • In March 2002, thieves stole US$3Шаблон:Nbspmillion that had arrived on a South African Airways flight. Just a few weeks earlier, a similar amount of money was stolen from a British Airways flight that arrived from Bahrain.[134]
  • In February 2003, the British Army was deployed to Heathrow along with 1,000 police officers in response to intelligence reports suggesting that al-Qaeda terrorists might launch surface-to-air missile attacks at British or American airliners.[135]
  • On 17 May 2004, Scotland Yard's Flying Squad foiled an attempt by seven men to steal £40Шаблон:Nbspmillion in gold bullion and a similar quantity of cash from the Swissport warehouse at Heathrow.[136]
  • On 25 February 2008, Greenpeace activists protesting against the planned construction of a third runway managed to cross the ramp and climb atop a British Airways Airbus A320, which had just arrived from Manchester Airport. At about 09:45 GMT the protesters unveiled a "Climate Emergency – No Third Runway" banner over the aircraft's tailfin. By 11:00 GMT four arrests had been made.[137]
  • In October 2010, an Angolan national was being deported on a British Airways plane. Security guards were heavy-handed with him and they put him in a dangerous position, leading to asphyxia. He did not survive.[138]
  • On 13 July 2015, thirteen activists belonging to the climate change protest group Plane Stupid managed to break through the perimeter fence and get onto the northern runway. They chained themselves together in protest, disrupting hundreds of flights. All were eventually arrested.[139][140]
  • In June 2022, many protesters gathered at Heathrow and Gatwick airports to protest the UK-Rwanda deal. A flight which was supposed to carry asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda was cancelled.[141]
  • In December 2022, a piece of uranium metal discovered in the airport triggered a counter-terrorism investigation. It was found in the scrap metal package originated from Pakistan via a passenger flight from Oman on 29 December. It was bound for an Iranian business with premises in the UK.[142]

Other incidents

  • On 18 December 2010, (9 cm, according to the Heathrow Winter Resilience Enquiry)[143] snowfall caused the closure of the entire airport, causing one of the largest incidents at Heathrow of all time. Some 4,000 flights were cancelled over five days and 9,500 passengers spent the night at Heathrow on 18 December following the initial snowfall.[144] The problems were caused not only by snow on the runways but also by snow and ice on the 198 parking stands which were all occupied by aircraft.[145]
  • On 12 July 2013, the ELT on an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner parked at Heathrow airport caught fire due to a short circuit.[146] There were no passengers aboard and no injuries.[147][148]
  • From 12 September 2019, the climate change campaign group, Heathrow Pause attempted to disrupt flights into and out of Heathrow Airport in London by flying drones in the airport's exclusion zone. The action was unsuccessful in disrupting flights and nineteen people were arrested.[149]

Future expansion and plans

Runway and terminal expansion

Шаблон:Main

Файл:Take off queue, Heathrow, 10 Sept. 2010 - Flickr - PhillipC.jpg
British Airways aircraft queuing for take-off

There is a long history of expansion proposals for Heathrow since it was first designated as a civil airport. Following the cancellation of the Maplin project in 1974, a fourth terminal was proposed but expansion beyond this was ruled out. However, the Airports Inquiries of 1981–83 and the 1985 Airports Policy White Paper considered further expansion and, following a four-year-long public inquiry in 1995–99, Terminal 5 was approved. In 2003, after many studies and consultations, the Future of Air Transport White Paper was published which proposed a third runway at Heathrow, as well as a second runway at Stansted Airport.[150] In January 2009, the Transport Secretary at the time, Geoff Hoon announced that the British government supported the expansion of Heathrow by building a third Шаблон:Convert runway and a sixth terminal building.[151] This decision followed the 2003 white paper on the future of air transport in the UK,[152] and a public consultation in November 2007.[153] This was a controversial decision which met with widespread opposition because of the expected greenhouse gas emissions, impact on local communities, as well as noise and air pollution concerns.[154]

Before the 2010 general election, the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties announced that they would prevent the construction of any third runway or further material expansion of the airport's operating capacity. The Mayor of London, then Boris Johnson, took the position that London needs more airport capacity, favouring the construction of an entirely new airport in the Thames Estuary rather than expanding Heathrow.[155] After the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition took power, it was announced that the third runway expansion was cancelled.[156] Two years later, leading Conservatives were reported to have changed their minds on the subject.[157]

Another proposal for expanding Heathrow's capacity was the Heathrow Hub, which aims to extend both runways to a total length of about 7,000 metres and divide them into four so that they each provide two, full-length runways, allowing simultaneous take-offs and landings while decreasing noise levels.[158][159]

In July 2013, the airport submitted three new proposals for expansion to the Airports Commission, which was established to review airport capacity in the southeast of England. The Airports Commission was chaired by Sir Howard Davies. He, at the time of his appointment, was in the employ of GIC Private Limited (formerly known as Government Investment Corporation of Singapore) and a member of its International Advisory Board. GIC Private Limited was then (2012), as it remains today, one of Heathrow's principal owners. Sir Howard Davies resigned from these positions upon confirmation of his appointment to lead the Airports Commission, although it has been observed that he failed to identify these interests when invited to complete the Airports Commission's register of interests. Each of the three proposals that were to be considered by Sir Howard Davies's commission involved the construction of a third runway, either to the north, northwest or southwest of the airport.[160]

The commission released its interim report in December 2013, shortlisting three options: the north-west third runway option at Heathrow, extending an existing runway at Heathrow, and a second runway at Gatwick Airport. After this report was published, the government confirmed that no options had been ruled out for airport expansion in the South-east and that a new runway would not be built at Heathrow before 2015.[161] The full report was published on 1 July 2015, and backed a third, north-west, runway at Heathrow.[162] Reaction to the report was generally adverse, particularly from London Mayor Boris Johnson. One senior Conservative told Channel 4: "Howard Davies has dumped an utter steaming pile of poo on the Prime Minister's desk."[163] On 25 October 2016, the government confirmed that Heathrow would be allowed to build a third runway; however, a final decision would not be taken until winter of 2017/18, after consultations and government votes. The earliest opening year would be 2025.

On 5 June 2018, the UK Cabinet approved the third runway, with a full vote planned for Parliament.[164] On 25 June 2018, the House of Commons voted, 415–119, in favour of the third runway. The bill received support from most MPs in the Conservative and Labour parties.[165] A judicial review against the decision was launched by four London local authorities affected by the expansion—Wandsworth, Richmond, Hillingdon and Hammersmith and Fulham—in partnership with Greenpeace and London mayor Sadiq Khan.[166] Khan previously stated he would take legal action if it were passed by Parliament.[167]

In February 2020, the Court of Appeal ruled that the plans for a third runway were illegal since they did not adequately take into account the government's commitments to the Paris climate agreement.[168] However, this ruling was later overturned by the Supreme Court in December 2020.[169]

New transport proposals

Шаблон:Main

Файл:Western Rail Approach to Heathrow.png
One of the transport projects being considered is the Western Rail Approach to Heathrow

Currently, all rail connections with Heathrow airport run along an east–west alignment to and from central London, and a number of schemes have been proposed over the years to develop new rail transport links with other parts of London and with stations outside the city.[170] This mainline rail service is due to be extended to central London and Essex when the Elizabeth line, currently under construction, opens.[171]

A 2009 proposal to create a southern link with Шаблон:Rws via the Waterloo–Reading line was abandoned in 2011 due to lack of funding and difficulties with a high number of level crossings on the route into London,[172][173] and a plan to link Heathrow to the planned High Speed 2 (HS2) railway line (with a new station, Шаблон:Rws) was also dropped from the HS2 plans in March 2015.[174][175][176]

Among other schemes that have been considered is a rapid transport link between Heathrow and Gatwick Airports, known as Heathwick, which would allow the airports to operate jointly as an airline hub;[177][178] In 2018, the Department for Transport began to invite proposals for privately funded rail links to Heathrow Airport.[179] Projects being considered under this initiative include:

See also

Notes

Шаблон:Notelist

References

Citations

Шаблон:Reflist

Bibliography

  • Cotton, Jonathan; Mills, John & Clegg, Gillian. (1986) Archaeology in West Middlesex. Uxbridge: London Borough of Hillingdon Шаблон:ISBN
  • Gallop, Alan. (2005) Time Flies: Heathrow at 60. Stroud: Sutton Publishing Шаблон:ISBN
  • Helpenny, Bruce B. (1992) Action Stations Vol.8: Military Airfields of Greater London. Шаблон:ISBN
  • Le Blond, Paul. (2018) Inside London's Airports Policy: Indecision, decision and counter-decision, ICE Publishing, Шаблон:ISBN
  • Sherwood, Philip. (1990) The History of Heathrow. Uxbridge: London Borough of Hillingdon Шаблон:ISBN
  • Sherwood, Philip (editor). (1993) The Villages of Harmondsworth. West Middlesex Family History Society, Шаблон:ISBN
  • Sherwood, Philip. (1999) Heathrow: 2000 Years of History. Stroud: Sutton Publishing Шаблон:ISBN
  • Sherwood, Philip. (2006) Around Heathrow Past & Present. Sutton Publishing Шаблон:ISBN
    • (Contains many pairs of photographs, old (or in one case a painting), and new, each pair made from the same viewpoint.)
  • Sherwood, Philip. (2009) Heathrow: 2000 Years of History. Stroud: The History Press Шаблон:ISBN
  • Sherwood, Philip. (2012) Around Heathrow Through Time. Amberley Publishing, Шаблон:ISBN
  • Sherwood, Tim. (1999) Coming in to Land: A Short History of Hounslow, Hanworth and Heston Aerodromes 1911–1946. Heritage Publications (Hounslow Library) Шаблон:ISBN
  • Smith, Graham. (2003) Taking to the Skies: the Story of British Aviation 1903–1939. Countryside Шаблон:ISBN
  • Smith, Ron. (2002) British Built Aircraft Vol.1. Greater London: Tempus Шаблон:ISBN
  • Sturtivant, Ray. (1995) Fairey Aircraft: in Old Photographs. Alan Sutton Шаблон:ISBN
  • Taylor, H.A. (1974) Fairey Aircraft since 1915. Putnam Шаблон:ISBN.
  • Taylor, John WR. (1997) Fairey Aviation: Archive Photographs. Chalford Шаблон:ISBN

External links

Шаблон:Commons category Шаблон:Wikivoyage

Шаблон:Heathrow Airport Шаблон:Airports in the United Kingdom Шаблон:London transport Шаблон:London landmarks Шаблон:Portal bar Шаблон:Authority control

  1. Шаблон:Cite web
  2. Перейти обратно: 2,0 2,1 2,2 Шаблон:Cite web
  3. Перейти обратно: 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  4. Шаблон:Cite web
  5. Шаблон:Cite web
  6. Шаблон:Cite news
  7. Шаблон:Cite web
  8. Шаблон:Cite news
  9. Шаблон:Cite web
  10. Шаблон:Cite news
  11. Шаблон:Cite web
  12. Шаблон:Cite report
  13. During periods of westerly operation, aircraft continue to fly in a westerly direction with an easterly tailwind component of up to Шаблон:Convert, if the runway is dry and there is no significant crosswind.
  14. Шаблон:Cite web
  15. Шаблон:Cite news
  16. Шаблон:Cite news
  17. Шаблон:Cite web
  18. Шаблон:Cite web
  19. Шаблон:Cite web
  20. Шаблон:Cite web
  21. Шаблон:Cite web
  22. – Heathrow News retrieved 20 January 2021
  23. Шаблон:Cite web
  24. Шаблон:Cite news
  25. Шаблон:Cite news
  26. Шаблон:Cite news
  27. Шаблон:Cite news
  28. Шаблон:Cite news
  29. Шаблон:Cite news
  30. Шаблон:Cite news
  31. Шаблон:Cite web
  32. Шаблон:Cite web
  33. Шаблон:Cite news
  34. Шаблон:Cite news
  35. Шаблон:Cite news
  36. Шаблон:Cite news
  37. Шаблон:Cite report
  38. Шаблон:Cite news
  39. Шаблон:Cite newsШаблон:Subscription required
  40. Шаблон:Cite news
  41. Перейти обратно: 41,0 41,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  42. Шаблон:Cite news
  43. Шаблон:Cite news
  44. Шаблон:Cite news
  45. Шаблон:Cite web
  46. Шаблон:Cite news
  47. Шаблон:Cite news
  48. Шаблон:Cite news
  49. Шаблон:Cite web
  50. Шаблон:Cite press release
  51. Шаблон:Cite news
  52. Шаблон:Cite news
  53. Шаблон:Cite news
  54. Шаблон:Cite news
  55. Шаблон:Cite press release
  56. Шаблон:Cite news
  57. Шаблон:Cite web
  58. Шаблон:Cite news
  59. Шаблон:Cite news
  60. Шаблон:Cite web
  61. Шаблон:Cite web
  62. Шаблон:Cite web
  63. Шаблон:Cite news
  64. Шаблон:Cite web
  65. Шаблон:Cite web
  66. Шаблон:Cite web
  67. Шаблон:Cite web
  68. Шаблон:Cite journal
  69. Шаблон:Cite web
  70. Шаблон:Cite web
  71. Шаблон:Cite news
  72. Шаблон:Cite web
  73. Шаблон:Cite web
  74. Шаблон:Cite web
  75. Шаблон:Cite web
  76. Шаблон:Cite web
  77. Шаблон:Cite news
  78. Шаблон:Cite news
  79. Шаблон:Cite press release
  80. Above Us The Skies: The Story of BAA – 1991 (Michael Donne – BAA plc), p. 40
  81. Шаблон:Cite news
  82. Шаблон:Cite news
  83. Шаблон:Cite news
  84. Шаблон:Cite news
  85. Шаблон:Cite news
  86. Шаблон:Cite web
  87. Шаблон:Cite web
  88. Шаблон:Cite web
  89. Шаблон:Cite web
  90. Шаблон:Cite web
  91. Шаблон:Cite web
  92. businesstravelerusa.com - Europe's Busiest Airports
  93. Шаблон:Cite report
  94. Перейти обратно: 94,0 94,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  95. Шаблон:Cite web
  96. Шаблон:Cite web
  97. Шаблон:Cite web
  98. Шаблон:Cite web
  99. "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 26 March – 1 April 1997. 58 Шаблон:Webarchive. "Speedbird House, PO Box 10, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW6 2JA, UK."
  100. Шаблон:Cite book
  101. Шаблон:Cite web
  102. Шаблон:Cite web
  103. Шаблон:Cite web
  104. Шаблон:Cite web
  105. Шаблон:Cite news
  106. Шаблон:Cite journal
  107. Шаблон:Cite web
  108. Шаблон:Cite web
  109. Home Шаблон:Webarchive Hotel Hoppa
  110. Шаблон:Cite web
  111. Шаблон:Cite web
  112. Шаблон:Cite web
  113. Шаблон:Cite web
  114. Transport for London free maps 'London Cycling Guide 6' covers Terminals 1, 2 & 3 while 'London Cycling Guide 9' covers Terminal 4 (as of the June 2007 revision).
  115. Шаблон:Cite web
  116. Шаблон:Cite newsШаблон:Subscription required
  117. Шаблон:Cite web
  118. Шаблон:Cite web
  119. Шаблон:Cite news
  120. Blackman, Tony (2007). Vulcan Test Pilot: My Experiences in the Cockpit of a Cold War Icon. London: Grub Street. Шаблон:ISBN. p. 142.
  121. Шаблон:Cite web
  122. Шаблон:Cite web
  123. Шаблон:Cite news
  124. Шаблон:Cite web
  125. Шаблон:Cite web
  126. Шаблон:Cite news
  127. Шаблон:Cite news
  128. Шаблон:Cite news
  129. Шаблон:Cite newsШаблон:Subscription required
  130. Шаблон:Cite web
  131. Шаблон:Cite news
  132. Шаблон:Cite news
  133. Шаблон:Cite book
  134. Шаблон:Cite news
  135. Шаблон:Cite web
  136. Шаблон:Cite news
  137. Шаблон:Cite news
  138. Шаблон:Cite web
  139. Шаблон:Cite newsШаблон:Nbsp
  140. Шаблон:Cite news
  141. Шаблон:Cite news
  142. Шаблон:Cite news
  143. Шаблон:Cite web
  144. Шаблон:Cite news
  145. Шаблон:Cite web
  146. Шаблон:Cite news
  147. Шаблон:Cite news
  148. Шаблон:Cite report
  149. Шаблон:Cite news
  150. Шаблон:Cite book
  151. Шаблон:Cite book
  152. Шаблон:Cite web
  153. Шаблон:Cite news
  154. Шаблон:Cite web
  155. Шаблон:Cite news
  156. Шаблон:Cite news
  157. Шаблон:Cite news
  158. Шаблон:Cite news
  159. Шаблон:Cite book
  160. Шаблон:Cite news
  161. Шаблон:Cite news
  162. Шаблон:Cite news
  163. Шаблон:Cite news
  164. Шаблон:Cite news
  165. Шаблон:Cite news
  166. Шаблон:Cite web
  167. Шаблон:Cite news
  168. Шаблон:Cite news
  169. Шаблон:Cite news
  170. Шаблон:Cite book
  171. Шаблон:Cite book
  172. Шаблон:Cite news
  173. Шаблон:Cite web
  174. Шаблон:Cite newsШаблон:Subscription required
  175. Шаблон:Cite web
  176. Шаблон:Cite news
  177. Шаблон:Cite news
  178. Шаблон:Cite web
  179. Шаблон:Cite news
  180. Шаблон:Cite magazine
  181. Шаблон:Cite web