Will Aer Lingus move to T5 at Heathrow? Transfer
Dec 21, 2016, 4:25 pm
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Its easy, follow the purple signs, take bus, 10 minutes
To be honest, its not much more in time than having to arrive at T5C and get back to T5A having to endure the fight through the security
T5A (or T5B hidden bus stop) to T2 is pleasure, transfer security at T2 is separate from the main security so nice and efficient
Regardless of a move, if you come from a non UK airport you have to go through security
T5 only has two 'Irish' gates so no chance of EI moving
To be honest, its not much more in time than having to arrive at T5C and get back to T5A having to endure the fight through the security
T5A (or T5B hidden bus stop) to T2 is pleasure, transfer security at T2 is separate from the main security so nice and efficient
Regardless of a move, if you come from a non UK airport you have to go through security
T5 only has two 'Irish' gates so no chance of EI moving
Dec 22, 2016, 5:01 am
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Dec 24, 2016, 1:20 pm
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And it initially had no "Irish" gates. Besides, airport/gate configurations are not insurmountable challenges and such considerations would not be impediments.
Iberia and BA were partners for many years before IB moved over to T5. It may happen that EI moves at some point in the future - but I think it very unlikely in the short term.
Iberia and BA were partners for many years before IB moved over to T5. It may happen that EI moves at some point in the future - but I think it very unlikely in the short term.
Dec 27, 2016, 12:09 pm
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Aside from there not being room at T5, it probably suits IAG to have EI in T2 as they can keep an eye on what rival airlines there are planning and are asking of the airport.
This is much in the same was that pre-T5, BA kept a single solitary route (MIA) at T3 to keep an eye on VS at terminal committee meetings.
This is much in the same was that pre-T5, BA kept a single solitary route (MIA) at T3 to keep an eye on VS at terminal committee meetings.
Dec 27, 2016, 12:41 pm
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EI will not move to T5 for many reasons but mostly because EI are happy with T2 and the passenger experience. Coupled with their own lounge and the fact EI still feed a decent amount of Star Alliance traffic then there really is no need to move to T5. Those that really do not want a terminal change take the BA metal to T5 to connect to BA.
Dec 28, 2016, 9:30 am
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Well DUB is the major airport on the Island. If there was a market for it we would see BA at ORK/SNN but there is not currently. It was not so long ago that SNN lost its SNN-LHR EI service for a while so changing from T2-T5 is hardly an issue and would be a lot more of a hassle for them to drive to DUB all the time. I cant think that anyone in their right mind would suggest moving to T5 just for the ORK / SNN folks... 
Dec 29, 2016, 5:36 pm
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No-one did suggest that. Though it sounds like you seem to think that any move would only have been the DUB (and Belfast?) flights...which also makes little sense.
Jan 2, 2017, 1:40 am
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You then seemed to suggest that if moving was going to happen, it would only be the Dublin (and Belfast?) route, on the basis that BA wasn't sufficiently interested in connecting traffic from ORK/SNN given that they don't serve them. [Or maybe your point was that they wouldn't even want to have DI's DUB route in T5, given that they have their own flights to DUB now. It's not very clear to me].
But any decision would never be BA alone's to make so the reference to BA seemed irrelevant to me; I'm not sure EI would want to split their operation at LHR, and there clearly isn't room at T5 for all of EI.