Originally Posted by dnw
I think it might be half true. Some of the shorthauls at T4 might go back to T1, but I doubt very much if the LH services will go back to T4. It would not just be a PR diaster but management suicide- the investment community (remember BA is something like 85% owned by corporations) would ask for Rods head on a plate....
That's stretching the point a bit. Institutional investors care about earnings, and if a switch back means that BA will have fewer disaster weeks like the one in August, the move will be welcomed despite the inevitable grumbling about money wasted. In the grand scheme of things, the terminal switch probably does not even show up as an issue in itself, only in connection with delays it might be causing, and thus costing BA money.
On the topic itself, I'm all for more long-haul flights departing from T4. My own feeder flights from AMS arrive there anyway, and avoiding the dreaded terminal transfer is a big plus. There was surprisingly little time to catch my AMS flight after arriving from HKG on schedule with an hour and half connection. I could just squeeze in a quick shower at T4. Most of all, I wish they'd move the MIA flight to T4 as well.