Terminal 5 to open on 28 March 2008

The new £4.3bn Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport will be ready in exactly one year, planners of the scheme have said.

Terminal 5 will undergo six months of tests involving 16,000 volunteers before its opening on 27 March 2008.

Work on the terminal began in 2002 after a record-breaking four-year public inquiry prompted by local residents and green groups.