Farewell LHR Terminal 1 from Noniron
Sep 11, 2014, 11:20 am
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From the end of October this year, only BA, Icelandair, EL AL and TAM will be left in T1, so it will be a ghost town.
Oct 3, 2014, 12:20 pm
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One last Fri in T1, usual chaotic scenes. Both the BHD and DUB creeping delays due to crew delays coming over from T5. Those who don't have lounge access have no longer got a shop or cafe to access. Very poor.
On a positive note, those travelling in Club World to Belfast can now board
On a positive note, those travelling in Club World to Belfast can now board
Oct 4, 2014, 6:47 am
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Oct 4, 2014, 6:53 am
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Assuming the Costa is now closed then passengers need to know about the lack of facilities before going through the photo check. Has HAL invested in a sign?
Oct 4, 2014, 7:01 am
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Last nights flights were suffering creeping delays, so people didn't know they'd be at the gate 60-90 mins longer than they thought they would.
Originally Posted by layz
Assuming the Costa is now closed then passengers need to know about the lack of facilities before going through the photo check. Has HAL invested in a sign?
Last edited by Kgmm77; Oct 4, 2014 at 7:08 am
Oct 4, 2014, 7:04 am
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Last nights flights were suffering creeping delays, so people didn't know they'd be at the gate 60-90 mins longer than they thought they would. They presumably went to the gate when it said "go to gate". The gate staff didn't have a clue what was going on, simply that the crew had been delayed and were on the way from T5.
Oct 4, 2014, 7:12 am
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There was fog for 2 hours approx 9-10 hours before my flight. Leaving aside whether that's reason enough for a a 90min delay (not in my book), the 30 min delay that showed in the BA app had disappeared by mid afternoon, with an on time departure expected until 1 hour before departure when the delay crept up in 10 min increments every 15mins.
Oct 4, 2014, 7:29 am
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There was fog for 2 hours approx 9-10 hours before my flight. Leaving aside whether that's reason enough for a a 90min delay (not in my book), the 30 min delay that showed in the BA app had disappeared by mid afternoon, with an on time departure expected until 1 hour before departure when the delay crept up in 10 min increments every 15mins.
Oct 4, 2014, 7:49 am
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The 1424 was cancelled on Friday. I was switched to the 1430 and waited in the lounge with the board indicating a Gate 8 departure. There were no other planes waiting there. So yet again it bemused me why at the last minute they switch the 1430, which was an incoming Dublin flight, to gate 77 and we all have to trek down the green mile. I spoke to a BA staff member last weekend about these switches and she volunteered that these switches bemuse the BA staff too, particularly as Virgin have long since departed to T2.
Oct 4, 2014, 8:46 am
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A 2 hour delay in the morning typically has a 2 hour schedule impact for the rest of the day. The fact that your delay was 90 minutes means that the aircraft and/or crew scheduled for your flight made up 30 minutes during the day.
Oct 4, 2014, 3:39 pm
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Oct 4, 2014, 8:50 pm
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Last Friday was my last outbound from T1, and today will be my last inbound. It was nice leaving on Friday as there were about 5 Mods all going to Dublin with me for the meeting yesterday.
I shall be coming home on my own today and hope to catch a few pics on the way through to the terminal.
It was empty on Friday, a number of shops are boarded up already. It is sort of sad to walk past what was once the BA lounge where I spent so many 'happy' hours when the domestic flights were there.
We had the trek to the Green Mile also, and I bet I get to trek back from it today.
I shall be coming home on my own today and hope to catch a few pics on the way through to the terminal.
It was empty on Friday, a number of shops are boarded up already. It is sort of sad to walk past what was once the BA lounge where I spent so many 'happy' hours when the domestic flights were there.
We had the trek to the Green Mile also, and I bet I get to trek back from it today.
Oct 5, 2014, 1:42 am
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The 1424 was cancelled on Friday. I was switched to the 1430 and waited in the lounge with the board indicating a Gate 8 departure. There were no other planes waiting there. So yet again it bemused me why at the last minute they switch the 1430, which was an incoming Dublin flight, to gate 77 and we all have to trek down the green mile. I spoke to a BA staff member last weekend about these switches and she volunteered that these switches bemuse the BA staff too, particularly as Virgin have long since departed to T2.
Oct 5, 2014, 3:09 am
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Dublin flights are not allowed to arrive into gate 8, they must always arrive from 77 up. If they come into any other gate then the customers must be coached in. This is the reason why the departure is then from those gates. Also, I believe Heathrow has already taken steps to decommission some of the gates in the gate 8, which is why they are not in use.
Interesting to hear about the Heathrow Gate 8 decommissioning. By way of an interim update, as of yesterday evening, at least 3 of the Gate 8 piers were still in use.