Originally Posted by
EvilDoctorK
Also any idea when they're going to open the new runway ? - It appears to be completely built ( since the start of the year?) , but still remains unused .. Probably not going to help too much given the main problem is the inability to get the passengers through the terminal in a timely manner at peak times .. but when that's eventually sorted it would help keeping things moving too reducing ATC delays
The new runway is scheduled to open in August, so not long to go now.
Thanks for the data points, I'm flying through in a bit over a week on the 10:45am BA flight, so hopefully all will be well.