British Airways has started operations from London Heathrow’s Terminal 5 with its first arrival to, and first departure from, the newly-opened complex early today.

Flight BA026 from Hong Kong, a Boeing 747-400 with 283 passengers, became the inaugural arrival at about 04:50 while the first departure, an Airbus A321 operating flight BA302, left for Paris Charles de Gaulle at 06:20.

Shortly before operations started BA oversaw the transfer of 27 short-haul aircraft and hundreds of ground-service vehicles from Terminal 1 and Terminal 4.

These included more than 560 baggage trailers, tugs and conveyors, plus 240 cargo containers, 16 ground-power units, 10 sanitation trucks and more than 120 ot

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