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London Heathrow is the UK's main airport and a major intercontinental hub to and from Europe. Its new Terminal 5 will serve around 35 million passengers and comprises a Core Terminal Building connected to two satellites by high-speed links. Terminal 5 is designed to handle the most advanced passenger aircraft including the Airbus A380.

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The baggage handling system has a total of 12 transfer break lines and 132 check-in desks according to the ‘walk through’ concept for easy flow of large number of passengers. Bags are automatically read, screened and sorted to their final build location via two electrical HELIXORTER tilt tray sorters . Early bags are stored in a BAGSTORE warehouse with 4,000 positions, allowing individual access to each bag any time. Late bags can be transported at high speed via
BAGTRAX directly to the head of stands where the awaiting aircraft are parked.

During the realisation of this project Vanderlande Industries formed part of the Terminal 5 Strategic Team and was supported by BAA's Baggage Delivery Team. Vanderlande Industries was fully responsible for design, software development, manufacturing, installation, commissioning and integration of this baggage handling system.

In February 2005 site works commenced. The new Terminal 5 became operational in March 2008. Find out more on Terminal 5 at London Heathrow at BAA's website.


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