Capital Investment Plan 2009 - Heathrow Airport

Possibilities are outlined in the Project Definition Sheets in Appendix M: PDS – Q6 and
Beyond Western Campus.
Q6 investment plans should consider the continued development of the infrastructure
along those key themes;
• On the Eastern campus, the completion of T2A and T2B will enable the majority of
STAR airlines to “Move Under One Roof” and develop the STAR product offer at
LHR. It will then enable the commencement of the Phase 2 development which will
result in an extension of T2A to handle 30mppa and a new baggage system.
Possibly complemented by a second satellite (T2C) on which consultation has
commenced. Works will seek to create sufficient capacity to complete the colocation
of STAR airlines at Heathrow and provide equivalence to Terminal 5
(connections, terminal, baggage, airfield).
• On the Western Campus, plans should consider British Airways’ desire to have an
integrated hub operation. (A single connected campus including bringing the
Terminal 3 building to Terminal 5 standards.)
• Development options on both campuses are still being considered in terms of the
need to balance demand across the airport in an affordable manner.
There are no significant changes to the nature of Terminal 4 during the period of this
CIP, other than the works already commenced to modify the check-in area and
forecourt.
2.4.2 Baggage
The development of baggage functionality for Heathrow is a key element to the robust
operation of the airport in general, and the hub / transfer process in particular. The
production of infrastructure solutions for Q6 and beyond will need to ensure that the
baggage product can provide Minimum Connect Times for transferring passengers that
are at least comparable with those for the passengers themselves, and be comparative
with the other global hubs.
Such functionality shall need to address the needs of intra (within) and inter (between)
terminal / campus connections with a view towards a consistent airport wide product
standard. Works will also need to take account of any ongoing compliance changes
arising from regulatory authority requirements in terms of security (E.g. DfT or TSA) or
safety (E.g. HSE).
Future development of the departure and arrivals baggage systems should focus on joint
end to end process improvement between HAL and the airline / ground handling
communities in order to improve key performance metrics such as; missed bags /
thousand passengers, and arrivals delivery.
2.4.3 Airfield
Other then general modifications to the stand and taxiway arrangements to suit the
“toast rack” principle outlined in 2.4.1 there are no significant changes proposed during
this CIP period. Early work on the positioning, number and nature of “toast rack”
satellites has highlighted a critical need for the number and configuration (dual versus
single) taxiways in both the western and eastern airfield campuses. The following
principles for development of the airfield have been agreed 14
with the airline
community;
14
Eastern Maintenance Base gateway sign off event held 18 th February 2009.
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