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.
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Terminal 3 is used by the majority of the members of the Oneworldairline 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.
Heathrow Airport's Terminal 4 is the base of operations for the remaining members of the SkyTeam alliance. These are China Eastern Airlines, ITA Airways, Kenya Airways, Korean Air, Saudia, TAROM and Vietnam Airlines. Meanwhile, oneworld's Malaysia Airlines, Royal Air Maroc and Qatar Airways are also present.
Terminal 5, which opened on March 27, 2008, was designed by Rogers, Stirk, Harbour & Partners. It was built at a cost of £4.3 billion. It is exclusively used by British Airways and Iberia and has the capacity to handle more than 30 million customers a year.
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.
Heathrow's first terminal is being razed to the ground. Demolition work started today in order to make way for its new, £1 billion replacement - Terminal 2. The new terminal will be home to Star Alliance airlines, and 20 million passengers will use its modern facilities every year.
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.
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Heathrow Terminal 5 handles more passengers than any other terminal in the UK – even when busy single-terminal airports are included. In September an average of 100,000 passengers arrived or departed each day from T5, which is the main hub for British Airways.
In June 2021, Terminal 4 reopened as a terminal for passengers arriving from red list countries only.The rail and underground station remained closed back then. On 23 February 2022, Heathrow CEO John Holland Kaye announced that Heathrow Terminal 4 was to reopen in time for the summer travel peak in July.
The Budget Terminal was opened in March 2006 and closed in September 2012. It was demolished in 2013 to construct the new T4. Terminal 4 will be a two-storey building with a gross floor area of about 195,000m².
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.
Airlines at HeathrowThe smallest terminal is Terminal 2 with 40,000 square meters, while Terminal 5 takes the grand prize in size at over 353,000 square meters. Here is a list of the airlines featured at each terminal: Terminal 2—Aer Lingus, Icelandair, Eurowings, Star Alliance, and Flybe.
Heathrow Terminal 1 is a disused airport terminal at London Heathrow Airport that was in operation between 1968 and 2015. When it was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in April 1969 it was the largest new airport terminal in western Europe.