It was the ultimate jet-set location, the chosen entry route into the UK for a host of international celebrities wreathed in sunglasses and designer outfits. But now the pioneering Terminal 1 ...

4,000 rows of airport seating and the iconic 'Welcome To Heathrow' sign. Though T1 currently sits idle, it is still maintained to 'be kept fit for for purpose for safety and escape route ...

Heathrow upgraded T1 by adding an additional pier for plane parking in the 90s, to help it host the increasingly sizeable aircraft. As late as 2005, the terminal was given an expanded departure ...

T1 was the biggest and the best. Steven Mearns, Heathrow's head of engineering for T1 and the man who is overseeing the dismantling of a national institution, said at the time: "This is a historic ...