Heathrow Airport: airlines

Award winning long-haul airline Emirates has introduced the world’s biggest passenger aircraft on two of its flights from London Heathrow to Dubai.
Emirates will operate the 489-seater Airbus A380 “superjumbo” on flights EK001 and EK002, which leave Heathrow every day at 7.45am and 1.45pm respectively.
Spread over two levels, the whole of the upper deck of the aircraft is dedicated to Premium Class passengers. Towards the front, First Class passengers can relax in one of 14 flat-bed, massage-equipped private suites. These incorporate remote-controlled doors, a work desk, an electrically controlled mini-bar and one of the most advanced in-flight entertainment systems available. First class customers also have access to two onboard shower spas. Passengers in economy gain larger seats and wider aisles.
Despite its colossal size, Emirates said the A380 makes less than half the noise of a Boeing 747 jumbo jet and uses 20 per cent less fuel.
Emirates president, Tim Clark, said: “We are delighted to bring our customers state-of-the-art comforts which are unmatched anywhere else in the world.
“Despite today’s challenging economic environment, they have responded by booking every seat on our inbound and outbound flights.

Source: Associated Press

Terminal 1 - Airlines, Access

Terminal 1 was opened in 1968 and was formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II in May 1969. In 2005, a substantial redesign and redevelopment of Terminal 1 was completed, which saw the opening of the new Eastern Extension, doubling the departure lounge in size and creating additional seating and retail space. Terminal 1 handles most of Heathrow's domestic and Irish routes along with some long haul routes and European routes.

Airlines & Destinations:

Aer Lingus (Belfast-International, Cork, Dublin)
Air New Zealand (Auckland, Hong Kong, Los Angeles)
Asiana Airlines (Seoul-Incheon)
bmi (Aberdeen, Addis Ababa, Aleppo, Almaty, Amman, Amsterdam, Ankara, Baku, Beirut, Belfast-City, Bishkek, Brussels, Cairo, Damascus, Dammam, Dublin, Durham Tees Valley, Edinburgh, Ekaterinburg, Freetown, Glasgow-International, Hanover, Istanbul, Jeddah, Jersey, Khartoum, Leeds/Bradford, Lyon, Manchester, Moscow-Domodedovo, Naples [seasonal], Palma de Mallorca, Riyadh, Tbilisi, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Tel Aviv, Venice, Yerevan)

bmi Regional (Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester)

British Airways (Barcelona, Helsinki, Lisbon, Madrid, Nice)
Cyprus Airways (Larnaca, Paphos)
El Al Israel Airlines (Ovda [seasonal], Tel Aviv)
Finnair (Helsinki)
Icelandair (Reykjavik-Keflavik)
LOT Polish Airlines (Warsaw)
South African Airways (Cape Town, Johannesburg)
Transaero (Moscow-Domodedovo)
United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver [ends October 25], Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington-Dulles)
US Airways (Philadelphia)

Terminal 2 - Airlines, Access

Terminal 2 is Heathrow's oldest terminal and was opened as the Europa Building in 1955. Terminal 2, as well as the adjacent Queens Building, will close in 2008 after the opening of Terminal 5, to allow for the construction of the new Heathrow East terminal. According to BAA, Terminal 2 will be demolished in 2009. Terminal 2 handles mainly European routes.

Airlines & Destinations:

Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)
Air Algérie (Algiers)
Air Astana (Almaty)
Air France (Los Angeles, Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
Air Seychelles (Seychelles)
Air Transat (Toronto-Pearson)
Alitalia (Milan-Linate, Rome-Fiumicino)

Alitalia Express (Milan-Linate)

Austrian Airlines (Vienna)

Austrian Arrows (Vienna)

Azerbaijan Airlines (Baku)
Bellview Airlines (Lagos)
Bulgaria Air (Sofia)
China Eastern Airlines (Shanghai-Pudong)
Clickair (La Coruña, Valencia)
Croatia Airlines (Rijeka, Split, Zagreb)
Czech Airlines (Prague)
Iberia Airlines (Barcelona, Madrid)
Iran Air (Tehran-Imam Khomeini)
Jat Airways (Belgrade)
Libyan Airlines (Tripoli)
Lufthansa (Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart)
Luxair (Luxembourg)
Olympic Airlines (Athens)
Rossiya (St. Petersburg)
Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca, Marrakesh)

Atlas Blue (Marrakesh, Tangier)

Swiss International Air Lines (Zürich, Geneva)
Syrian Arab Airlines (Damascus)
TAP Portugal (Faro, Funchal, Lisbon, Porto)
TAROM (Bucharest-Otopeni)
Tunisair (Tunis)
Uzbekistan Airways (Tashkent)
Yemenia (Aden, Cairo, Sana'a)

Terminal 3 - Airlines, Access

Terminal 3 was opened as The Oceanic Terminal on 13 November 1961 to handle flight departures for long-haul routes. At this time the airport had a direct helicopter service to Central London from the gardens on the roof of the terminal building. The Oceanic Terminal was renamed as Terminal 3 in 1968 and was expanded in 1970 with the addition of an arrivals building. Other facilities were also added, including the UK's first moving walkways. In 2006, the new £105 million Pier 6 was completed in order to accommodate the Airbus A380 superjumbo; Singapore Airlines now operate regular flights from Terminal 3 using the Airbus A380.

Airlines & Destinations:

Air Canada (Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver)
Air China (Beijing, Shanghai-Pudong)
Air India (Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Hyderabad, Chicago-O'Hare, Delhi, Kolkata, Dhaka, Mumbai, New York-JFK)
Air Mauritius (Port Louis)
All Nippon Airways (Tokyo-Narita)
American Airlines (Boston, Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York-JFK, Raleigh/Durham)
Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Dhaka, Dubai)
Blue1 (Helsinki)
Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong)
Cyprus Turkish Airlines (Antalya, Ercan, Izmir)
EgyptAir (Cairo, Luxor)
Emirates (Dubai)
Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa, Rome-Fiumicino)
Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi)
EVA Air (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan)
Gulf Air (Bahrain)
Japan Airlines (Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita)
Jet Airways (Amritsar, Delhi, Mumbai)
Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon)
Kuwait Airways (Kuwait, New York-JFK)
Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur)
Middle East Airlines (Beirut)
Pakistan International Airlines (Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore)
Qatar Airways (Doha)
Royal Brunei Airlines (Bandar Seri Begawan, Dubai)
Royal Jordanian (Amman)
Saudi Arabian Airlines (Dammam, Jeddah, Madinah, Riyadh)
Scandinavian Airlines (Copenhagen, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Oslo, Stavanger, Stockholm-Arlanda)
Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
Thai Airways International (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)
Turkish Airlines (Ankara-Esenboga, Istanbul-Atatürk)
Turkmenistan Airlines (Ashgabat)
Virgin Atlantic (Boston, Cape Town, Chicago-O'Hare, Delhi, Dubai, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Lagos, Los Angeles, Miami, Mumbai, Nairobi, New York-JFK, Newark, Port Louis, San Francisco, Shanghai-Pudong, Sydney, Tokyo-Narita, Washington-Dulles)
Virgin Nigeria (Lagos)

Terminal 4 - Airlines, Access

Terminal 4 was constructed to the south of the southern runway next to the existing cargo terminal, away from the three older terminals, and was connected with Terminals 1, 2 and 3 by the already-existing Heathrow Cargo Tunnel. Terminal 4 was opened by the Prince and Princess of Wales in April 1986, and became the home for then newly-privatised British Airways.

Airlines & Destinations:

Air Malta (Malta-Luqa)
British Airways (Abu Dhabi, Accra, Bahrain, Baltimore/Washington, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Boston, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Calgary, Chennai, Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Dar es Salaam, Delhi, Denver, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Entebbe, Grand Cayman, Houston-Intercontinental, Islamabad, Kolkata, Kuwait, Luanda, Lusaka, Mexico City, Montréal, Mumbai, Muscat, Nairobi, Nassau, Newark, Philadelphia, Port Louis, Providenciales, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Seattle/Tacoma, Shanghai-Pudong, Singapore, Sydney, Tel Aviv, Toronto-Pearson, Washington-Dulles)
China Southern Airlines (Beijing) [begins March 2009]
Continental Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, New York-JFK)
Kenya Airways (Nairobi)
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam)

KLM Cityhopper (Rotterdam) [ends Winter 2008]

Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Seattle/Tacoma)
Qantas (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Singapore, Sydney)
Sri Lankan Airlines (Colombo, Malé)
TAM Airlines (São Paulo-Guarulhos, Salvador [seasonal])

Terminal 5 - Airlines, Access

The Heathrow Terminal 5 building is currently the largest free-standing building in the United Kingdom. The building cost £4bn and took 19 years to build from initial design to opening. The building's lead architect were from the Richard Rogers Partnership. Terminal 5 is currently used as a global hub by British Airways.

Airline & Destinations:

British Airways (Aberdeen, Abuja, Algiers, Amsterdam, Athens, Bangalore, Basel/Mulhouse, Beijing, Belgrade, Berlin-Tegel, Brussels, Bucharest-Otopeni, Budapest, Cairo, Cape Town, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Geneva, Glasgow-International, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Hyderabad [begins 27 October], Istanbul-Atatürk, Johannesburg, Kiev-Boryspil, Lagos, Larnaca, Los Angeles, Lyon, Malaga, Manchester, Miami, Milan-Linate, Milan-Malpensa, Moscow-Domodedovo, Munich, Newcastle, New York-JFK, Oslo, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Phoenix, Prague, Rome-Fiumicino, St. Petersburg, San Francisco, Sofia, Stockholm-Arlanda, Stuttgart, Tripoli, Tokyo-Narita, Vancouver, Venice [begins 26 October], Vienna, Warsaw [begins 27 October], Zürich)