Know Heathrow
How to navigate one of the world’s busiest airports WHETHER YOU’RE ENDING YOUR AIR JOURNEY, OR CONNECTING TO ANOTHER FLIGHT, HERE’S THE LOW-DOWN ON LANDING AT HEATHROW 1 Touchdown to downtown Want to speed through the airport and on to yourfinal destination? Simply pick your starting point and follow the signs… 2 Choose your transport [...]
How to navigate one of the world’s busiest airports
WHETHER YOU’RE ENDING YOUR AIR JOURNEY, OR CONNECTING TO ANOTHER FLIGHT, HERE’S THE LOW-DOWN ON LANDING AT HEATHROW
1 Touchdown to downtown
Want to speed through the airport and on to yourfinal destination? Simply pick your starting point and follow the signs…
2 Choose your transport
Bus
Just follow signs in the airport for the Central Bus Station, where there’s a choice of coach and bus services into the city. There’s a travel centre in the station that provides full service details, or you can purchase tickets for the Airbus Shuttle from the National Express desk in the arrivals hall.
Underground
Follow signs for the London Underground, where Piccadilly line trains leave everyfive minutes at peak times, or every nine minutes at off-peak times and weekends. It takes around 50 minutes to get to Piccadilly Circus. Trains are currently running to Terminals 1, 2 and 3 only, with a bus service operating to and from Terminal 4.
Rail: Heathrow Express
This leaves the airport every 15 minutes between 05:03 and 00:01, taking 15 minutes to reach London’s Paddington station.
Taxi
These wait on the international arrivals forecourt and take around 45 minutes to get to central London.
Car rental
Car rental desks are located in the arrivals halls. It takes approximately 45-60 minutes to get to central London. When leaving Terminal 1, follow exit signs to the access/ exit tunnel. Follow signs to the M4 motorway, which will eventually bring you into London.
*CONNECTING FLIGHTS – ALL AIRPORTS
As from 1 August 2005, passengers with connecting journeys using separate tickets are no longer being offered the facility of through check-in or through tagging of baggage. This means that only customers on connecting flights with itineraries issued on single tickets with one booking reference will qualify for the through check-in service, subject to minimum connection times.
This policy applies to all connecting flights (bmi to bmi, bmi to other carriers and all codeshare flights).
3 Hop off, hop on again
Just paying a flying visit? The way you transfer depends on the flights you’re connecting with. Pick your starting point and follow the signs…
