Heathrow airport's new £4.3 billion Terminal 5 is on track and on budget to open in a year's time, airports operator BAA announced today.
After a six-month period of testing, the country's biggest free-standing building is set to open on March 27th, 2008.
The glass structure, which has a wave-like roof designed by Richard Rogers, will have taken six years to complete.
The first passengers to arrive at T5 will be on a BA morning flight from Hong Kong, with a further 40,000 to follow during the rest of the day.
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Thirty million passengers a year are expected to use the new terminal, helping reduce pressure on the existing terminals, which handle an annual 68 million passengers despite being designed to cater for only 45 million.