Heathrow's glittering new terminal five is due to open at the end of next march. The airport's operator BAA expects that 30 million passengers a year will pass through Richard Rogers's "Cathedral to Flight". To handle this volume the terminal will contain a generous 700 seats; unless of course you want to pay for inflated prices for a beer or coffee in which case they will throw in a seat for free. By my reckoning this means that each passenger will be entitled to a seat for a little over 12 minutes out of their 3 hour wait.
There will however be 23,000 square metres of shops in which to spend your time. In the words of Mark Riches, MD of World Duty Free: "If we can't sell to people who can't leave the building, then there's something wrong with us."
There will however be 23,000 square metres of shops in which to spend your time. In the words of Mark Riches, MD of World Duty Free: "If we can't sell to people who can't leave the building, then there's something wrong with us."
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