Article: MPs warn BA over T5 long-haul flights

THE next test for Heathrow's Terminal 5 will come when long-haul flights begin being transferred next month, MPs have warned.

Originally the plan was to move British Airways services to far- flung destinations which account for nearly half of the airline's 80,000 passengers who pass through the airport each day at the end of April.

But flights to airports such as Sydney and Hong Kong will now be switched over on a gradual basis to prevent further strain on the terminal. They will start on 5 June with the last at the end of October "at the latest", said Willie Walsh, BA chief executive.

Conservative David Wilshire, whose Spelthorne constituency covers a large part of Heathrow said: "Terminal ...

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