AY at LHR / London Heathrow Moving to Terminal 5 on 14 Jul 2020 w/ BA, IB, AA
 

Apologies if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but as seen under "view details" on flight bookings made on Finnair's website, from 14 July 2020, AY flights will depart from Terminal 5 at London Heathrow until further notice. T5 is showing as the terminal for AY until the end of the current booking horizon i.e. through to June 2021. 14 July 2020 is one week after American Airlines make the move to T5 too to join BA and IB.

Bye bye CX F lounge :(

This is so disappointing. Galleries F in T5 is so much meh compared to CX F :(

NO MORE LHR runs for me, I dont like T5 at all :( bummer

T5 is more natural for AY than T2

Similarly to AA, I believe this is a temporary move until T3 opens again (which can happen way before June 2021). Here's to hoping it will happen soon enough.

It makes sense of course but urgh.

Why urgh? Is T2 somehow better then for AY operations?

From the perspective that T2 is more pleasant than T5 I assume.

LHR run ok now, border open without quarantine. Well it would have been sketchy if idiots had been quarantines for 14 days at LHR areival lounge (nearby pub terrace)...

But lounges still closed?

Just read an announcement that BA is opening LHR lounges today https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb...d-faqs#lounges

Maybe it would be the time to sample the BA T5 lounges, although I hear there is not much to sample.

I'm booked on AY1338 on 19JUL. DO?

Looks like AA's move to T5 isn't temporary. I sure hope AY will move back to T3...

https://onemileatatime.com/american-...ow-terminal-5/