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  • A resting passenger sleeps on a circular couch near airport gates during his layover transit period at Heathrow airport's T5

  • A lone departing female passenger descends one of the 105 escalators in Terminal 5 of London's Heathrow Airport. Surrounded by the grand architecture created by the Richard Rogers Partnership (now Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners), we look upwards at this vast atrium that takes passengers through 5A in departures to the outlying gates into Terminal 5B.Terminal 5 has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year, taking £4.3bn to build. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). ...

  • A resting passenger sleeps on a specially-designed circular couch near airport gates during his layover transit period at Heathrow airport's Terminal 5. The man has jet lag after a long-haul flight across continents and now needs to re-adjust to British Summer time (BST). Vast sheets of window glass lets in natural daylight in this tranquil area where travellers can remain largely undisturbed from the otherwise hectic airport terminal created by the Richard Rogers Partnership (now Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners). From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).

  • Money retailer Travelex foreign currency rates displayed at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • An elderly lady receives a consultation from a professional beautician in the Clinique Bar at World Duty Free in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. In a quiet corner of peace and tranquility, the woman's face is examined in detail using a magnifying lens that allows the assistant to see every hair follicle and pore. Amid the busy departures terminal of this international aviation hub, this is a corner of quiet and tranquillity before the woman traveller boards her flight after this few minutes of pampering. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).

  • A greeting driver from Dover Heritage Taxis awaits his fare to arrive off a flight from Turkey in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5

  • A mother awaitng her son in Arrivals of Heathrow's terminal 5 excitedly waves a Welcome Home Matt banner

  • A market researcher working for the Heathrow Aiport operator BAA, conducts her surveys in the departures concourses of this aviation hub's terminal 5. Asking very detailed but brief questions of this young mother and her rather suspicious daughter, both travelling to the US, the unseen woman employee samples opinion on the airport's performance and the passengers overall experience of using this airport. Terminal 5 has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year and by analysing the data from these surveys helps the operator discover room for improvement. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).

  • From a low angle, we see a greeting driver from Dover Heritage Taxis who awaits his passenger to arrive off a flight from Turkey. In the hectic international arrivals concourse of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5, the man holds up a name board to attract the attention of the man who is a member of a cruise ship's crew that is due to sail from the sea port of Dover. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).

  • Greeting driver holding passenger lady's name card in Arrivals at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • An elderly lady receives a consultation from professional beautician in Clinique Bar at World Duty Free in Heathrow Airport's T5

  • Fragrance male model advertising images on screen matrix at World of Duty Free at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • 'Glorious Britain' Union Jack flags in retail shop at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • A helium-filled Welcome Home balloon floats in the air in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 arrivals hall. Three families have gathered to meet their respective sons who have been travelling around the world during their university gap year sabbatical trip of a lifetime. Floating upwards, the balloon is brightly coloured amid the hectic concourse where other relatives greet their loved-ones after months away from home on their adventures. This is a tradition practised across the world's airports where families are separated by the need to travel or work in other countries and the emotion of meeting again after long absences is always hard. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).

  • Money retailer Travelex foreign currency rates displayed at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • A lone departing passenger descends one of the 105 escalators in Terminal 5 of London's Heathrow Airport. .

  • Two elderly passengers taste Scottish Malt Whiskey in a retail space called World of Duty Free in Heathrow airport's terminal 5

  • Lady's legs and designer shoes at Caviar House & Prunier at Heathrow airport's Terminal 5

  • Mothers and sons hug emotionally in the international arrivals hall of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 airport. Three families have gathered to meet their respective sons who have been travelling around the world during their university gap year sabbatical trip of a lifetime. With balloons and banners amid the hectic concourse where other relatives greet their loved-ones after months away from home on their adventures. This is a tradition practised across the world's airports where families are separated by the need to travel or work in other countries and the emotion of meeting again after long absences is always hard. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).

  • A greeting driver attempts to identify one of his passengers from a group of non-English-speaking young people who have just arrived off a flight from Beijing. In the hectic international arrivals concourse of Heathrow's Terminal 5, the man hold up a name board to attract the attention of those Chinese nationals who are new students at a Bournemouth language college called Education First (EF), based on England's south coast. With the help of a chaperone, the man points to a young girl in the hope she might be on his list. Neither speak each other's mother tongue and the language barrier is difficult to overcome. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).

  • Towing her suitcase after havng cleared International Customs, a masked female passenger walks through arrivals in Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport. In the belief that she is protecting herself from airborne diseases and infections, the lady walks smartly through the concourse not wishing to be exposed to Swine Flu or perhaps SARS, in a hectic public place where such bacteria can be transmitted from one human being to another. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).

  • A helium-filled Welcome Home balloon floats in the air and a home-made banner stretches across Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 arrivals hall. Three families have gathered to meet their respective sons who have been travelling around the world during their university gap year sabbatical trip of a lifetime. With balloon and banner amid the hectic concourse where other relatives greet their loved-ones after months away from home on their adventures. This is a tradition practised across the world's airports where families are separated by the need to travel or work in other countries and the emotion of meeting again after long absences is always hard. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).

  • The silhouettes of departing passengers against the strong natural light from the vast windows of Heathrow Terminal 5

  • Luxury salmon, shrimp, caviar and assorted seafood displayed at Caviar House & Prunier at Heathrow Terminal 5

  • The silhouettes of departing passengers are seen against the strong natural light from the vast windows that face outwards of this aviation hub. Some travellers await their flights sitting down in comfortable seating - one with his hands behind his head - while others pace about Terminal 5 at London's Heathrow Airport. The scene is fairly monochrome without colour other than a grey background on this overcast day. Terminal 5 has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).

  • Seen from an aerial view far above the ground level, is a young boy who leaps across a fountain water feature landscape outside Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 building .created by the Richard Rogers Partnership (now Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners). The highlight of a high sun glints off the wet pavement as 55 Choreoswitch waterswitches made by Ocmis are linked to 11 pumps located in a purpose built basement plant room beneath the Plaza. The switches are linked to a unit that also controls the 110 colour changing LED lights integrated into the nozzle housings. Displays can be fast and energetic with dramatic colours or subdued and gentle. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .

  • A lady passenger has eyebrow threading treatment during beauty session at the Blink Eyebrow Bar in World Duty Free Heathrow's T5

  • Drivers await their fares to arrive off a flight from Beijing. In the hectic international arrivals concourse of Heathrow's T5

  • A greeting driver attempts to identify one of his passengers from a group of Chinese-speaking language students

  • Lying horizontal in a busy salon, a lady passenger receives eyebrow threading treatment during a beauty session at the Blink Eyebrow Bar in World Duty Free, Heathrow Airport's terminal 5. The beautician holds the thread that squeezes the woman's eyebrow follicles, removing the tiniest and finest hair right from the root. Threading is a technique that China has been using for centuries but has recently become popular in western countries. Amid the busy departures terminal of this international aviation hub, this is a corner of quiet and tranquillity before the woman traveller boards her business flight after this few minutes of pampering. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).

  • Greeting driver holding passenger lady's name card in Arrivals at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • Drivers await their fares to arrive off a flight from Beijing. In the hectic international arrivals concourse of Heathrow's T5

  • An elderly lady receives a consultation from professional beautician in Clinique Bar at World Duty Free in Heathrow Airport's T5

  • A helium-filled Welcome Home balloon of a family waiting for loved-ones floats in the air in Heathrow Airport's T5

  • Money retailer Travelex foreign currency rates displayed at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • Money retailer Travelex foreign currency rates displayed at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • A lady passenger has eyebrow threading treatment during beauty session at the Blink Eyebrow Bar in World Duty Free Heathrow's T5

  • Baggage reclaim hall architecture and advertising at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • Seen from an aerial walkway, we look down on a lady airline passengers struggling to separate two trolleys in the baggage reclaim hall in the arrivals of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. 50-70,000 pieces of British Airways baggage a day travel through 11 miles of conveyor belts which were installed in a 5-storey underground hall beneath the 400m (a quarter of a mile) length of Terminal 5. T5 alone has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year and was completed in 2008 at a cost of £4.3bn. The system was designed by an integrated team from the airport operator BAA, BA and Vanderlande Industries of the Netherlands, and handles both intra-terminal and inter-terminal luggage. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).

  • Scottish scout troupe passengers watch sad TV news while awaiting their flight in departures at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • A young girl throws her pet toy tiger in front of a BA 777 airliner in a departure window of Heathrow Airport's T5

  • Greeting driver holding passenger name card in Arrivals at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • Last ladies awaiting their luggage from domestic baggage reclaim carousel at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • Last ladies awaiting their luggage from domestic baggage reclaim carousel at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • Scottish scout troupe passengers await their flight in departures at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • An engineering 'Foot Node' that supports Terminal 5 roof standing on the floor of Arrivals at Heathrow airport.

  • A young girl in transit between India and the US, entertains herself by throwing her pet toy tiger as far as the ceiling in a departure window of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. In front of a Boeing 777 jet airliner's nose and cockpit, the girl is a silhouette against the large windows that allow in the natural light. Behind the parked aircraft, another British Airways passenger jet taxies past, its tail at right-angles to the stationary airplane although they both look like the same plane. With her family baggage next to her, the child is enjoying some hours of freedom before another long-haul flight westwards. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).

  • Baggage reclaim hall architecture and advertising at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • Transit desk zone, arriving passengers and airport architecture at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • Scottish scout troupe passengers await their flight in departures at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • Car park architecture at Heathrow's terminal 5.

  • School musicians head for waiting coaches, one with a double-bass in Arrivals at Heathrow's terminal 5.

  • South Africa-bound passenger with the suitcase he has owned since 6 years-old at Heathrow airport's terminal 5

  • Stranded passenger awaits next flight in the morning from near-empty departures concourse at Heathrow's terminal 5.

  • Arriving passenger, escalator and airport architecture at international baggage reclaim hall Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • Boys from a Scottish scout group sit and in the departures concourse of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. All wearing traditional kilts favoured by the Scots, the lads are en-route between Switzerland and Scotland after a week's international jamboree in the Alps. Their sleeves are filled with the stitched badges of past achievements and one reads a newspaper while the others pass away the time before their flight by watching other passengers. The kilt's are alternately red and green and historically, relate to their wearers old family clans. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).

  • Airline passengers grabs his suitcase from the carousel in the baggage reclaim hall in the arrivals of Heathrow Airport's T5

  • Baggage reclaim hall architecture and advertising at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • We look down on the zigzag of passenger jetties that transport air travellers from their aircraft, towards the arrivals concourse in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. A series of walkways that are covered from above but which have window light to the side are connected to the fuselage of a British Airways 747-400 series airliner that is parked at its gate on the apron of this aviation hub. These jetties are owned by the airport operator, used by British Airways and sponsored by HSBC. Air travellers walk briskly after their long-haul flight either carrying light carry-on bags or towing small cases on wheels. At a cost of £4.3 billion, Terminal 5 has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). ..

  • Aerial view of passengers towing wheelie baggage in the baggage reclaim hall in the arrivals of Heathrow Airport's T5

  • School musicians head for waiting coaches, one with a double-bass in Arrivals at Heathrow's terminal 5.

  • Empty car park architecture at Heathrow's terminal 5.

  • International baggage reclaim hall seating and Skycap luggage barrow at Heathrow's Terminal 5. .

  • Evening sign and architecture atmosphere seen through large window glass at Heathrow's terminal 5.

  • Reflected retail advertising poster and parked aircraft at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • Wide aerial view of passengers awaiting baggage in the baggage reclaim hall in the arrivals of Heathrow Airport's T5

  • Wide aerial view of passengers awaiting baggage in the baggage reclaim hall in the arrivals of Heathrow Airport's T5

  • Unmade double bed in luxury room in Sofitel at Heathrow's terminal 5.

  • The three letter IATA codes for some of the world's airport destinations have been used as part of an art design in a plaza outside Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. An arc of these neon-lit codes form an arch on a panel near one of the 1,500 semi mature trees. Illuminated in a sequence, they are all lit here before the sequence re-starts and they all become dimmed. Terminal 5 was created by the Richard Rogers Partnership (now Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners) and has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).

  • A young lady from the US finishes stirring her vodka and cranberry juice cocktail and is about to sip her expensive drink at the bar of the Sphere Bar at Heathow Airport's Sofitel Hotel at Terminal 5. Drinking with an unseen friend whose hand we see in the lower part of the picture, the girl raises her conical glass to sip the alcoholic beverage before proposing a toast to their unforeseen night's stay in this luxury hotel after a cancelled flight. Some nuts are on a small dish which are largely untouched. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).

  • Long escalator and arriving passengers and airport architecture at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • A young girl throws her pet toy tiger in front of a BA 777 airliner in a departure window of Heathrow Airport's T5

  • Long-term shoe-shine franchise owner Dudley masters awaits more buniess at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • Arriving passengers on escalator and airport architecture at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • After their flight from Italy where they have been performing a series of summer concerts, some young musicians stop to await instructions from their accompanying teacher at Oakham School, England. Amid the hectic concourse of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5, a cellist has removed her precious string instrument to inspect it for damage after its shipment in the hold of a British Airways flight. As their friends look on, a fellow-player helps re-wrap the cello in a pink towel before the whole group re-assemble again to begin their evening journey home. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).

  • Lone lady awaiting her luggage from domestic baggage reclaim carousel at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • Stranded passenger awaits next flight in the morning from near-empty departures concourse at Heathrow's terminal 5.

  • A young lady from sits at a hotel bar with a vodka and cranberry juice cocktail at the Sphere Bar at Heathow Airport

  • Wearing kilts, boys from a Scottish scout group sit and in the departures concourse of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.

  • Seen from an aerial walkway, we look down on a lady airline passenger being helped to pull her heavy suitacse from the carousel in the baggage reclaim hall in the arrivals of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. 50-70,000 pieces of British Airways baggage a day travel through 11 miles of conveyor belts which were installed in a 5-storey underground hall beneath the 400m (a quarter of a mile) length of Terminal 5. T5 alone has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year and was completed in 2008 at a cost of £4.3bn. The system was designed by an integrated team from the airport operator BAA, BA and Vanderlande Industries of the Netherlands, and handles both intra-terminal and inter-terminal luggage. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).

  • Man closes vehicle door and car park architecture at Heathrow's terminal 5.

  • A scene of busy modern air travel as international passengers check-in at the British Airways Heathrow Airport's T5.

  • Young lovers say tearful farewells in departures concourse of Heathrow airport's terminal 5.

  • Amid the hectic arrivals concourse of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5, a young couple kiss and hold on to each other after a few weeks separation when the girl took a family holiday away from her boyfriend who needed to work here in London. They have clearly missed each other after such a short break from each other but are otherwise oblivious to the crowds that surround them in this busy international airport. The boy holds the girl's bottom in a display of sexuality that is frowned upon in other cultures where open sexual behaviour is taboo. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).

  • Giant screen eyes look upwads towards roof architecture in departures at Heathrow airport's terminal 5.

  • Amid the hectic arrivals concourse of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5, a young couple hold on to each other tight after a few weeks separation when the girl took a family holiday away from her boyfriend who needed to work here in London. They have clearly missed each other after such a short break from each other but are otherwise oblivious to the crowds that surround them in this busy international airport. They embrace with genuine affection for each other in a display of sexual freedom that is otherwise seen as a taboo in other countries. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).

  • A close-up detail of teenage words, written in marker pen on a young person's arm in the departures concourse of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Holding the handles of her baggage trolley that has an open bag in which we see some possessions, the girl displays the words 'I (heart) love you' and the name of Kentin Bisou. It may be a declaration of true love or just a teenage prank before an adventure starts from this aviation hub. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .

  • A scene of busy modern air travel as international passengers check-in at the British Airways Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Under the gaze of a giant eye that seems to be peering from out of a massive TV screen, the self-service kiosks that have been developed to allow customers to process their own ticketing on arrival at this aviation hub for British Airways. Once they've chosen their seat and printed a boarding pass, they can go straight to the Fast Bag Drop desk at the airport. There, baggage will be tagged by an agent and sent to the aircraft. At a cost of £4.3 billion, Terminal 5 has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). ...

  • An upright picture of a departures information board at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. A lady passenger stands motionless to read the details of flight departure times to echo that of a Vodafone advertisement containing a figure of a man standing erect on a beach, a generic scene of a person on holiday taking advantage of low mobile phone charges in mainland Europe. Both the man and the woman are on opposite sides of the picture and we see a large letter C that denotes the check-in zone of this 400 metre-long terminal that has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). ..

  • Aerial view of atrium at hotel chain, Sofitel at Heathrow's terminal 5.

  • Emotional greeeting after long absence in International Arrivals concourse at Heathrow's terminal 5.

  • Emotional greeeting after long absence in International Arrivals concourse at Heathrow's terminal 5.

  • Aerial view of atrium at hotel chain, Sofitel at Heathrow's terminal 5.

  • Passengers read flight departure information in the departures concourse at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

  • Awaiting loved-ones in International Arrivals concourse at Heathrow's terminal 5.

  • Half-silhouetted figures add to the bustle of a hectic arrivals concourse at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Seen against the orange advertisement for Mastercard which shows scenes of London that sightseers will want to visit. People wait for family to pick them up and tourists await the rest of their groups and tour guides with baggage trolleys laden with possessions. Terminal 5 has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).

  • Exterior architecture on ground floor of Heathrow airport's terminal 5.

  • Amid the hectic arrivals concourse of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5, two friends hold on to each other tight after an international arrival. Standing in front of a Mastercard ad which shows scenes of London, the coupe squeeze each other tight amid an otherwise hectic airport concourse in heathrow's Terminal 5. They have clearly missed each other after such a break apart but are otherwise oblivious to the crowds that surround them in this busy international airport. They embrace with genuine affection for each other in a display of sexual freedom that is otherwise seen as a taboo in other countries. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).

  • A wide view of an atrium within Sofitel, a 605 bedroom, 27 suite and 45 meeting room accommodation and business hub, situated at Heathrow Airport 's Terminal 5 hotel. Large areas of glass make this a landscape of modernity as natural light illuminates an employee who is inspecting polished surfaces surrounded by the hotel's bedrooms that look out on to this indoor garden. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). ...

  • Heathrow Express station barrier architecture at Heathrow airport's terminal 5.

391 unpublished pictures from 'A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary' by Alain de Botton published by Profile Books.

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