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Article: British Airways to begin shifting long haul flights to Heathrow's Terminal 5 in June
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- May 9, 2008
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British Airways PLC and airports operator BAA confirmed Friday that they will begin shifting long-haul flights to Heathrow's Terminal 5 in June, with services to and from New York's JFK Airport among the first to transfer.
BA and BAA said that services to and from eight destinations will be switched from Terminal 4 to the new terminal on June 5.
The flights to New York, Abuja, Bangalore, Beijing, Cairo, Cape Town, Lagos and Phoenix represent around a quarter of BA's Terminal 4 schedule.
Moving the flights is the first phase in a transfer program that is expected to take several months.
BA had originally intended to shift all flights from other terminals at the ...