"John B" wrote in message

On Nov 15, 3:41 pm, "Recliner" wrote:
Probably because more airlines have recently moved there from T2 and
T3 (though BA and Qantas kangaroo route flights have moved from T4
to T3):
www.businesstraveller.com/news/heathrow-terminal-moves-update

Building T5 too small to take Qantas flights has got to be the most
epically stupid move by BAA *ever* (ideally, it'd be big enough to
take Iberia, AA and all the OneWorld carriers, but not having the
shared Oz flights is just weird).

The problem is that there wasn't room for a third satellite without
encroaching on to T3 and the fuel farm. Perhaps when T3 is redeveloped,
a new satellite attached to T5 will be built?

What I fail to understand is why the second satellite (5C) wasn't
scheduled to open at the same time as the rest of T5. It must surely be
more expensive to complete it surrounded by active taxiways and parked
planes than it would have been to do so when the rest of T5 was also a
building site.