Heathrow Terminal 5 opens

The first plane to arrive at Heathrow's Terminal 5, a Boeing 747 from Hong Kong, taxis to the terminal Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA

Terminal 5 came in for renewed criticism after it emerged that passengers transferring between planes at Heathrow's troubled new £4.3bn building are losing more than 900 bags a day Photograph: Cate Gillon/Getty

Passengers make their way to a check-in point in the departures area Photograph: Cate Gillon/Getty

Members of the public wait for passengers at international arrivals Photograph: Cate Gillon/Getty

The long-awaited breakup of airport owner BAA moved closer this week after the Competition Commission proposed that the company should be made to sell three of its seven UK airports - the biggest shakeup of the industry in decades Photograph: Edmond Terakopian/AFP

British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh admitted that moving the airline's long-haul flights to Heathrow's Terminal 5 on April 30 would be an 'unnecessary risk' and postponed the transfer until June. Read the article Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA

An aircraft takes off in front of the new terminal building Photograph: Akira Suemori/AP

... and the arrivals lounge was brought to a standstill as a flash-mob of 250 environmental campaigners descended on the terminal, with eco-warriors doing the conga in front of police, passengers and airport staff. (Read the article) Photograph: Cate Gillon/Getty

Benjamin James-Brown leans over his mother's shoulder during the flash mob protest Photograph: Cate Gillon/Getty