{"id":4382,"date":"2012-04-05T10:21:07","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T10:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=4382"},"modified":"2012-04-05T10:21:07","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T10:21:07","slug":"heathrow-airport-unveils-olympic-terminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=4382","title":{"rendered":"Heathrow airport unveils Olympic terminal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/athletics\/london_olympics_logo.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Heathrow airport unveils Olympic terminal\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" \/>London<\/strong>: Heathrow airport unveiled a new temporary terminal to cater to athletes and officials involved with <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=London+Olympics&amp;sa=Search\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=London+Olympics&amp;sa=Search\">London Olympics<\/a> 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The terminal has been built solely for &#8220;Games Family&#8221; departures, and will be used for the three days after the closing ceremony Aug 12.<\/p>\n<p>Construction of the terminal &#8211; which is roughly the size of three Olympic swimming pools &#8211; began in February in an area currently used for staff car parking on the south side of the airport, Xinhua reported.<\/p>\n<p>No flights will leave from the terminal, so athletes will be bussed to departure lounges.<\/p>\n<p>With 31 check-in desks and seven security lanes, athletes will take just 30 minutes to pass through the facility, according to BAA director for London 2012 Andy Garner.<\/p>\n<p>Many will also be able to check in their luggage at the Olympic Village, ahead of arriving at the airport.<\/p>\n<p>Heathrow says June 27 to Oct 1 will be its critical period &#8211; allowing time either side of the start of the Olympics and the end of the later Paralympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>On its busiest expected days &#8211; July 26 and Aug 13 &#8211; it predicted passenger levels would increase from an estimated 95,000 on a usual day by 45 percent to 138,000.<\/p>\n<p>Heathrow is expecting a 35 percent increase in baggage July 26 and Aug 13, with around 15 percent of the 200,000 items expected on those days likely to be oversized luggage such as sporting equipment. <strong>(IANS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/athletics\/london_olympics_logo.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Heathrow airport unveils Olympic terminal\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" \/>London<\/strong>: Heathrow airport unveiled a new temporary terminal to cater to athletes and officials involved with <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=London+Olympics&amp;sa=Search\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=London+Olympics&amp;sa=Search\">London Olympics<\/a> 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The terminal has been built solely for &#8220;Games Family&#8221; departures, and will be used for the three days after the closing ceremony Aug 12.<\/p>\n<p>Construction of the terminal &#8211; which is roughly the size of three Olympic swimming pools &#8211; began in February in an area currently used for staff car parking on the south side of the airport, Xinhua reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[280],"class_list":["post-4382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-more-sports-more-sports","tag-london-olympics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Heathrow airport unveils Olympic terminal - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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