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Article: British Airways postpones move of long haul flights to Heathrow's problematic new terminal
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- April 11, 2008
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British Airways PLC is delaying moving most of its long-haul flights to Heathrow's problem-plagued Terminal 5 until early June to ensure it can handle the extra passengers and baggage.
That postponement puts BA more than a month behind schedule on moving into the brand-new terminal _ it had planned to switch almost all of its long haul flights from Terminal 4 on April 30.
"We are making this decision in the interests of customers," said BA chief executive Willie Walsh, adding that June 5 was the earliest the switch would occur. "Though Terminal 5 is now working well, we need to have confidence that good service can be maintained when the terminal is handling ...