The £800 million ($1.3 billion) project for construction of a new Terminal 2 at the Heathrow airport has been secured by HETco, Bloomberg reported.
Work will include construction of wider spaces for passengers to walk through, faster baggage systems, new bathroom, advanced lighting systems in addition to larger and brighter forecourts.
At Heathrow, the roof will be added to a £2.6 billion ($4.3 billion) replacement terminal, in addition to satellite structures to Terminals 2 and 5 to raise the accommodation capacity to 90 million passengers.
A £1 billion budget has been accorded for the Gatwick airport for cladding one of its two old terminals in glass and steel.
The South Terminal in this airport will feature a new security system this month comprising Britain’s first automated ticket check as well as longer conveyors for the inspection of carry-on bags.
The 42-year-old Terminal 1 at Heathrow will be removed and clubbed with Terminal 2 over six years after the completion of reconstruction of Terminal 2 by 2013 to create one single complex with a capacity of 30 million passnegers.
Gatwick airport is expected to complete construction on its north terminal in May 2011.
