Terminal2 has been erected on the footprint of Heathrow’s Europa Building, designed to handle 1.2 million people a year in 1995,and will initially be able to process 20 million passengers annually before incorporating space from the former Terminal 1 for a consolidated capacity of 30 million.
Taken together with Terminal 5, the T2 opening means that 70% of customers will pass through buildings less than seven years old, according to owner Heathrow Airport Ltd.