Happy Easter Break and Safe Travels!

Here at TIA we are all looking forward to the long Easter weekend, especially as the weather gods are smiling on us.  We hope you all have safe and trouble-free travels, wherever you go.

Unfortunately, delays are predicted for most major UK airports, with queues and slow check-in at peak times expected.  We’d advise you to get an early start and plan to get to the airport well ahead of your flight time.  Cheer up though, BAA has announced they are working to reduce waiting times to five minutes at all its airports, but it probably won’t be happening in time for the Easter rush!  You may find that they have set up marquees for passengers to wait outside the terminals.   Heathrow is reported to be one of the worst in terms of waiting times, congestion and queues.  Their new Terminal 5 building is scheduled to open in about a year from now.

BAA’s future plans are to spend about £40 million on additional security personnel and extra security lanes, along with other improvements at its UK airports, which include Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Southampton, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow.  They also have plans for a multi-billion pound program to improve and update all its existing terminals and facilities which should be in place in time for the 2012 London Olympics.

BAA (British Airports Authority) owns and operates seven UK airports and several other airports wordwide.  www.baa.co.uk.

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 5th, 2007 at 3:55 pm and is filed under Travel News .

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