Heathrow Airport

HEATHROW AIRPORT
Submitted to :-
JET AIR ACADEMY
Under the Guidelines of :-
Parita Shroff
INTRODUCTION
 Heathrow is a major international airport in Hillingdon, London, England, United

kingdom.
 Heathrow is the busiest airport in united kingdom, as well as the busiest airport in Europe
by passenger traffic and sixth busiest airport In the world by total passenger traffic.
 Heathrow is a public type of airport and it is owned by Heathrow airport holding and
operated by heathrow Airport limited and serves to London , united kingdom.
 Heathrow airport is the Hub for British airways.
 As the worlds busiest international airport , heathrow is a base for over 80 airlines flying to
over 185 destinations worldwide in 84 countries.
 Over 75 million passengers travel through heathrow every year.
HISTORY
 In the days of the first world war from 1914 and up to 1919 the area that is now Heathrow
airport was used as a training area and military airport for the British flying corps.
 In the early years what is now heathrow airport was the Great West Aerodrome,
sometimes known as Heathrow Aerodrome.
 In 1920 the airport was closed due to various logistical reasons including bad
communication possibilities , the bumpy nature of hounslow ,its tendency to become
boggy and muddy in winter and its frequent covering of mist.
 Heathrow airport started in 1929 as a small airfield on land south east of the hamlet of
heathrow from which the airport takes its name.
FOUNDATION
 The airfield was declared operational in June 1930.
 Between 1930 to 1939 the airfield was first called Harmondsworth Aerodrome, the Great West Aerodrome
and some times Heathrow Aerodrome
 On January 1944 the decision and plants were finally revealed and the construction of runways began.
 On 25th march 1946, Lord Winster, The minister of aviation , performed the official opening ceremony of the
airport.
 The first aircraft to use the new airport was a British south American airways named starlight captained by
BSAA’s managing director D.C.T.Bennett.
 The first control tower was a crude brick building.
 On 31st may 1946, the newly named London airport was officially opened for commercial operation and
was fully opened for civilian use.
 In December 1953, passenger traffic reached 1 million, with a total of 62000 flights completed over the
year.
 In 1966 , London airport is renamed as HEATHROW AIRPORT.
INFRASTRUCTURE
A. LOCATION:-
 Heathrow lies 22 km west of central London.
 The airport is surrounded by the built-up areas of
Harlington, Harmondsworth, Longford and Cranford to the
north and by Hounslow and Hatton to the east.
 Heathrow falls entirely under the Hounslow post town of
the TW postcode area.
 Heathrow is one of the six airports with scheduled services
serving the London area, although only heathrow and
London city are within Greater London.
B. TERMINALS
 Heathrow is the UK’s largest airport and has originally 5 terminals but 4 operational
terminals.
 The formal Terminal 1, which closed in June 2015,

originally opened in 1968 and was inaugurated by Queen
Elizabeth II in May 1969.
 Terminal 2 opened as the Europa building in 1955 and was

the airport’s oldest terminal. A total of 316 million
passengers passed through the terminal in its lifetime. The
building was demolished in 2010, alongwith the Queens
building which formely housed airline company offices.
Terminal 2 became the airport’s newest terminal, officially
known as the Queens terminal was opened on 4th June
2014 and was designed by Spanish architect Luis Vidal.
 Terminal 3 opened as the Oceanic terminal
on 13th November 1961 to handle flight
departures for long-haul routes for foreign
carriers to the United States, Asia and other
far Eastern destinations. In May 2015, it has
been announced that terminal 3 will be
demolished by 2019.
 Opened in 1986, Terminal 4 is situated to the

south of the southern runway next to the cargo
terminal was inaugurated by the Royal Highness
Prince Charles and Princess Diana. It is enable to
accommodate 45 airlines.
 Terminal 5 lies between the Northern and Southern

runways at the Western end of the Heathrow side. It
was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 14th March 2008
and was opened for public on 27th March 2008.
Apart from the 4 operational terminals Heathrow has its cargo terminal too.
C. RUNWAYS
 In the 1950s, heathrow has 6 runways arranged in 3 pairset different angles in the shape of
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 be within 30 degree of the wind
direction
 As the required length for runways has

grown Heathrow now has only 2 parallel
runways running East-West which are the
extended versions of the two East-West
runways from the original hexagram.
 Safety vehicles are fitted with a digital scarecrow system that plays the distress calls of
various bird species to scare them away from the runways.
D. INTERIOR
 Heathrow airport has Anglican,

Catholic, free church, Hindu, Jewish,
Muslim and Sikh chaplains.
 London heathrow has partnered with
Grimshaw architects on its concept for
a new central terminal.
 The central terminal design includes
floor-to-ceiling and sky windows to give
it a bright and open feel.
AMENITIES
A. HUB:-
 The airport is the primary hub for British airways and is a base
for Virgin Atlantic.
B. DUTY FREE SHOPS:-

 It features over 17000 products across its airport stores which
aims to bring the passengers the very latest products at great
value prices.
 The products ranges from cosmetics to confectionery, fragrances
to fashion accessories, skincare to sunglasses, fine goods to fine
wines and champagne to cigars and tobacco.
 There are overall 211 duty free shops in the airport.
C. FACILATATING AIRLINES
TERMINALS AIRLINES AND ALLIANCES

TERMINAL-2 Star Alliance, Aer Lingus, Eurowings, Germanwings and Icelandair.
TERMINAL-3 Oneworld, Delta Airlink, Garuda Indonesia, Emirates, Middle East Airlines, Virgin
Atlantic and a few non-aligned airlines.
TERMINAL-4 Skyteam, Air India, Malaysia Airlines, Qatar Airways and most non-aligned airlines.
TERMINAL-5 British Airways and Iberia.

D. BASIC AMENITIES
 There is a multi-faith prayer room and counselling room in each terminal.
- ATMs
- Baby care, Baggage allowances, Baggage reclaim, Baggage storage, Baggage
delivery, Baggage trolleys, Bars & restaurants.
- Cafes, Cash machines, Car hire, Chapel, Currency exchange, Cell Phone rental.
- Emergencies, Flight information, Food & drinks, Gifts & souvenirs,
- Hotel reservation & Transfer buses, Internet & Wi-Fi.
- Lounges, Meeting rooms, Poster services.
- Showers, Smoking areas, Travel money.
- VAT refunds, VIP service.
- Water fountains, Rail services, Bus services, Taxi service.
E. TERMINAL FACILITIES
 For passenger’s convenience Heathrow avails with free Wi-Fi on personal devices, pay-as-you-go computer
desks with internet access and free mobile and laptop charging stations.
 To help keep the children entertained, play areas are available in all terminal 3 and 5.
 For additional support, all the terminals provide wheelchair, accessible toilets, induction loops and help
points throughout the airport.
 Terminal 5 has 30 miles of baggage conveyors, 2.8 miles of tunnels and 44 baggage reclaim belts. Around 53
million pieces of luggage are processed every year.
 More than 6500 cctv cameras monitor the airport and everyday more than 200000 bags are put through
Heathrow's security system.
 Terminal 5 aims to process 35 passengers per security lane every 15 minutes. The process is quicker in
summer when travelers are not carrying coats.
FACTS AND FIGURES
(uniqueness)
 Every day at heathrow 1400 flights take off and land on every 45 seconds and
nearly half a million per year.
 It takes just 20 milliseconds for engineers to switch to the backup power supply
in the event of a power cut.
 There are 45000 manholes ,72 miles of high- pressure fire water mains and 81
miles of aviation fuel pipe lines at Heathrow.
 London ambulance service first responders operate in all terminals on mountain
bikes.
 Heathrow employs 76000 people within the airport boundary.
 Heathrow sells more than 26000 cups of tea, 35000 cups of coffee and 1050
bottles of champagne every day.
 One bottle of Chanel No 5 is sold at world duty free at heathrow every a minutes.
 Each runway could accommodate more than 30 football pitches.
INCOME & EXPENSES
 It cost £975 million a year to run Heathrow airport , an additional 660 million is set aside
each year to upgrade the airport.
 The airport’s annual income is £2.3 billion which comes from landing charges, departure
fees and services such as shops, property rental and parking.
THANK YOU
Prepared by :-
Miral Patel
Muskan Khan
Nikhil Vyas
Nikita Makwana

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HEATHROW AIRPORT

 Heathrow is a major international airport in Hillingdon, London, England, United

 The formal Terminal 1, which closed in June 2015,

 Terminal 2 opened as the Europa building in 1955 and was

 Opened in 1986, Terminal 4 is situated to the

 Terminal 5 lies between the Northern and Southern

 As the required length for runways has

 Heathrow airport has Anglican,

B. DUTY FREE SHOPS:-

TERMINALS AIRLINES AND ALLIANCES

TERMINAL-5 British Airways and Iberia.

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