Heathrow's fifth terminal 'ahead of schedule'

Heathrow's fifth terminal 'ahead of schedule': "Heathrow's fifth terminal 'ahead of schedule'
Work on a fifth terminal for Heathrow is progressing well and passengers will be able to enjoy the new facilities by May 2010, according to the chief executive of British Airways.
The terminal, known as T5, will reportedly cost £4.3 billion and British Airways will be contributing £325 million towards this total. Willie Walsh has told The Observer that he has spoken to airport owner BAA and has been reassured that everything is running smoothly.
'We had a meeting with BAA on Monday. They have told us that they are going to plan T5 to open in May 2010. That is 11 months ahead of schedule,' he told the paper.
British Airways currently carries many of its passengers to the plane using buses and the fifth terminal will be used to address this major problem. News that T5 will be ready ahead of schedule should therefore mean that BA will be in a much stronger position than had previously been anticipated.
BAA Heathrow is expecting 2.8 million passengers to pass through its airport in the two weeks before New Year, making it the busiest Christmas on record.
Because passengers will need to follow the new security rules this year, the advice from the airport is for customers to acquaint themselves with the guidelines before setting off for the airport."