London Heathrow Airport opened its newly redeveloped Terminal 2 in June 2014. Credit: Heathrow Airport Limited. Terminal 2 replaced the airport's oldest terminal.
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The original T2, Heathrow's oldest passenger terminal operating since 1955, was closed in November 2009 and demolished a year later to enable the construction of a future-ready terminal in its place.
All European carriers except Icelandair use terminal 2A to board and disembark passengers. Air Canada and Turkish Airlines also use this building for their short haul flights. 2B was designed by Grimshaw Architects, and built by Balfour Beatty.
You can walk between Terminals 2 and 3 via the pedestrian underpass. The route is well signposted and can be followed on our interactive Heathrow map. If you have an impairment or mobility difficulties, find out how to request assistance.
It takes around 10 minutes to walk between the terminals with moving walkways available to use. From Terminal 2, follow the signs to Terminal 3 by taking the elevator or escalator down to level -1, walking through the pedestrian underpass (bypassing the London Underground station), and following the walkway around.
News. London Heathrow Terminal 2, 'The Queen's Terminal', has been awarded for the first time as the Best Terminal in the World at the 2018 World Sky Awards by Skytrax, which were awarded on March 21st in Stockholm.
EEA immigration waiting times are meant to be around 25 minutes or less. In March 2022, Terminal 2 was running at 87.68 per cent efficiency whilst Terminal 3 was running at 96.51 per cent efficiency and Terminal 5 at 98.75 per cent.
Walking is only available between terminals 2 and 3 as they are located at the centre of Heathrow airport while the other terminals are significantly farther apart.
To reach the airport you can walk along the covered walkway to T2. If you're travelling from a different terminal, the Heathrow Hoppa shuttle bus runs regularly from the hotel during the airport's opening hours.
Terminal 3 is used by the majority of the members of the Oneworld airline alliance: American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, Qantas, Royal Jordanian, and SriLankan Airlines. British Airways, which mainly uses Terminal 5, also offers some flights from this terminal.
We recommend that you allow the following minimum connection times: 1 hour for connections within the same Heathrow terminal. 1 hour 30 minutes for connections that require travel between terminals at Heathrow.