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Heathrow Games
Terminal At Heathrow Airport Reaches Major Milestone By Steve Hall |
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April 5, 2012 - Heathrow’s Games Terminal, which will
act as the departure point for the world’s athletes and
officials following the Olympic Games, passes a
significant construction milestone with a ‘Topping Out’
ceremony. ‘Topping out’ traditionally marks the point at
which a structure becomes weatherproof.
London Heathrow Airport or Heathrow is a major airport
serving London, England. Located in the London Borough
of Hillingdon, in West London, Heathrow is the busiest
airport in the United Kingdom and the third busiest
airport in the world in terms of total passenger
traffic, handling more international passengers than any
other airport around the globe.
The Games Terminal will be used for departing athletes
and officials for three days following the Olympic Games
Closing Ceremony. An extra 40,000 passengers are
expected on the 13th August compared with a normal day. The Games Terminal, together with bag collections made directly from the Olympic and Paralympic Village, will allow 10,100 athletes and games officials and 37,900 bags to be diverted away from the main terminals. |
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Heathrow reaches the topping out point for its Games
Terminal. (From left) Andy Garner, London 2012 director
Heathrow operational readiness; Olympian Jonathan
Edwards; and Normand Boivin, chief operating officer at
Heathrow Airport. |
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Jonathon Edwards CBE, former Triple Jumper and Olympic, Commonwealth, European and World Champion will be Guest of Honor at the ceremony. He said “When athletes have finished competing at the Games, the culmination of years and years of training, hard work and utter dedication, the last thing they want to worry about is getting home. "The
Games Terminal will ensure that those flying out of Heathrow
will be taken care of and moved through safely and securely so
they can relax and enjoy the flight.
It is fantastic to see the progress of construction and
in just a few months time it will be buzzing with athletes.”
No flights
will leave from the Games Terminal, instead athletes and games
officials will go through check in and security there before
being taken by bus to their departure terminals. |