Shut for demolition on 26th November 2009 (terminal 1 will shut as part of
phase 2 in the future and the Queens building had already begun
demolition work) to be replaced with a single
building called Heathrow East. Project to complete stage 1 by 2012.
A new state-of-the-art terminal rivalling that at terminal 5 and
capable of handling 30 million passengers per year will be built.
When phase one is complete it will house the airlines of the Star
Alliance group. This is expected to be in 2013.
There will also be new piers built on the unused cross-wind runway.
Terminal 2 was actually the site of the first true terminal building at
Heathrow, the 'Europa Building', which saw its first passengers for
short haul flights in April 1955 and was officially inaugurated on the
16th December 1955 by her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of
Edinburgh.
VIEW THE OLD TERMINAL 2 LAYOUT
The former
Terminal 2 and coach pick-up area (2006)
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