British Airways Terminal 5

London, UK

British Airways, the UK's leading airline, moved into its new home at Terminal 5 in March 2008. The £4.3 billion facility is the largest freestanding building in the UK and was designed to provide additional traveller and aircraft capacity and to redefine the passenger experience at Heathrow.

proAV was commissioned to create a dynamic visual display centrepiece for British Airways' new Terminal 5 Control Centre. The system had to be capable of communicating high-quality, multiple video and data feeds simultaneously. The feeds provide a critical communication and information tool, presenting employees with an intuitive display of news and information graphics and enhancing the aesthetics of the operational environment.

'The new video wall changed the entire outlook within the Heathrow Airport Centre.'Pat Dobie, T5 Planning and Control

This unique video wall solution was delivered on time, within budget and according to specification. Through innovative use of the latest technology, which was underpinned by cutting edge design, build and project management, proAV successfully installed one of the most seamless and future-proof systems in the Terminal 5 facility.

Pat Dobie, British Airways' Work Stream Leader,T5 Planning and Control praised proAV for the remarkable achievement and commented on the display and its impact on operations at the Centre:

'The installation of the video wall was a first for BA and it has changed the entire outlook within the Heathrow Airport Centre, which controls the operational environment for BA. It has been well received by the staff who now depend on it for the display of key operational information.'

The new British Airways video wall system incorporates a number of key components including:

• 8 x 2 video wall comprising 16 Mitsubishi 50" DLP (Digital Light Processing) front access video cubes for optimum 24/7 durability and energy efficiency. Each cube is mounted on customised racks and finished with contemporary furniture with front access panels. The overall size of the video wall is 8128mm x 2750mm with depth of just 635mm