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Article: Summer of air chaos; Piling up: An estimated 28,000 bags went missing on the opening day of Heathrow's Terminal 5.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- April 12, 2008
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Byline: Ray Massey
THOUSANDS of passengers face a summer of chaos after British Airwaysdelayed moving long-haul flights to Heathrow's Terminal 5.
Yesterday's announcement will have a knock-on effect on customers of at least50 other carriers.
Scheduled to move into BA's old Terminal 4 on April 30, these airlines werethreatening legal action last night.
Nigel Turner, chief executive of bmi British Midland, who was consultinglawyers, accused BA and Heathrow's Spanish owner BAA of acting 'like amonopoly' and treating passengers of other airlines with contempt.
BA boss Willie Walsh insisted the delay in switching 120 long-haul ...