Heathrow Terminal 4 to Reopen on June 14

Heathrow Terminal 4 will reopen to passengers on 14th June for the first time in more than two years as the airport prepares for the summer season.

Qatar Airways will be the first carrier to return, with approximately 30 more airlines scheduled to fly into the hub throughout July.

Heathrow said the reopening on Tuesday would “free up space” in Terminals 2, 3, and 5, and that the pandemic had provided a “opportunity” to refurbish parts of Terminal 4.

Toilets, air conditioning, and baggage screening machines were all upgraded as part of the renovation.

From 14th June, local buses, Piccadilly Line underground services, TfL rail, and an inter-terminal transfer service will operate into T4.

Heathrow confirmed that a search for 1,000 new security officers was underway, and that it was assisting airlines and handlers with their own recruitment efforts.

“We have increased our customer service team to help manage queues at check-in, make sure passengers are ready for security and make sure people can catch their flights,” an airport spokesperson said.

The spokesperson added operations across Heathrow had “run smoothly over the half term holiday as a result of good planning and collaboration between airport, airlines, handlers and Border Force”.

“At peak times there have been longer queues than usual at check-in, security, immigration and baggage reclaim, but it has been well organised and has kept moving,” they said.

According to CEO John Holland-Kaye, the airport is “years away” from returning to pre-pandemic levels of passenger traffic.

“Reopening Terminal 4 will give airlines at Heathrow extra space across the airport, helping them manage the impact additional travel documents continue to have on check in times,” he said.