Editing Heathrow Airport (section)

==== Terminal usage during the COVID-19 pandemic ====
Heathrow Airport has four terminals with a total of 115 gates, 66 of which can support wide-body aircraft and 24 gates that can support an [[Airbus A380]]. Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Heathrow's services were sharply reduced. It announced that as of 6 April 2020, the airport would be transitioning to single-runway operations and that it would be temporarily closing Terminals 3 and 4, moving all remaining flights into Terminals 2 or 5.<ref>{{cite web |date=2 April 2020 |title=Heathrow remains open for the UK |url=https://www.heathrow.com/latest-news/heathrow-remains-open-for-the-uk |access-date=7 May 2023 |website=Heathrow |publisher=LHR Airports Limited |archive-date=17 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517110126/https://www.heathrow.com/latest-news/heathrow-remains-open-for-the-uk |url-status=live }}</ref> Dual runway operations were restored in August 2020. Heathrow returned to single-runway operations on 9 November 2020. On 11 December 2020, Heathrow announced Terminal 4 would be shut until the end of 2021.<ref>{{cite web|date=15 July 2020|title=Heathrow Airport Won't Open All Terminals Until 2021|url=https://www.wltz.com/2020/07/15/heathrow-airport-wont-open-all-terminals-until-2021/|access-date=14 November 2020|website=WLTZ|archive-date=15 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815053628/https://www.wltz.com/2020/07/15/heathrow-airport-wont-open-all-terminals-until-2021/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Terminal 4 was used sporadically during 2021 for [[Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020#Red list countries and hotel quarantine (from 15 February 2021)|red list]] passengers who would be subject to mandatory hotel quarantine.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.sky.com/story/heathrow-airport-reopens-terminal-4-to-process-arrivals-from-covid-red-list-countries-12483831 | title=Heathrow Airport reopens Terminal 4 to process arrivals from COVID red list countries | access-date=14 March 2024 | archive-date=14 March 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314092459/https://news.sky.com/story/heathrow-airport-reopens-terminal-4-to-process-arrivals-from-covid-red-list-countries-12483831 | url-status=live }}</ref> Terminal 3 was reopened for use by Virgin Atlantic and Delta on 15 July 2021, and Terminal 4 was reopened to normal operations on 14 June 2022.<ref>{{Cite news|date=5 July 2021|title=Britain's Heathrow Airport reopens Terminal 3 ahead of travel pick-up|work=Reuters|location=London|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britains-heathrow-airport-reopens-terminal-3-ahead-travel-pick-up-2021-07-05/|access-date=9 August 2021|archive-date=20 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163419/https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britains-heathrow-airport-reopens-terminal-3-ahead-travel-pick-up-2021-07-05/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=14 June 2022|title=London Heathrow: Airport reopens Terminal 4 after Covid closure|website=BBC News|location=London|publisher=BBC English Regions|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-61794676|access-date=19 July 2022|archive-date=20 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920170615/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-61794676|url-status=live}}</ref>