Heathrow is auctioning everything in Terminal 1, with luggage carousels, check-in desks and old signs all up for grabs
There are 100 check-in desks for sale, as well as passport control desks and the large 'Terminal 1' sign that hung on the front of the building
IF you’re the type of person who likes your home to stand out from the rest, there’s a new furniture auction taking place that could be right up your street.
Heathrow Airport is selling off everything inside Terminal 1 to the highest bidder.
When Terminal 1 was opened by the Queen in 1969, it was seen as the gateway to the UK for millions of holidaymakers, celebrities and politicians.
But now the pioneering airport building stands eerily empty, waiting to be demolished to provide taxiway space for the double decker Airbus from Terminal 2.
Decommissioning teams have stripped the building bare and are selling off anything from baggage conveyer belts and flight monitors to fire extinguishers and toilet bowls.
- the firm cataloguing the sale has published an auction booklet detailing all of the items for sale.
Daniel Gray from the company told The Londonist that the big buyers will be the owners of other airports looking for a bargain and also plane geeks who are keen for a slice of aviation history.
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There are more than a hundred check-in desks up for grabs, complete with avery scales and baggage belts, passport control desks and old signs.
One of the most popular items is expected to be the large 'Terminal 1' sign that hung on the front of the building.
Terminal 1 at Heathrow represents an important piece of British aviation history.
The first flight from T1 was the BE352, a 100-seater Vanguard service to Edinburgh run by British European Airways, a forerunner of British Airways, and the last was a BA flight to Hanover on June 29 last year
In between was the golden age of jet travel, with huge advances in engineering and mass passenger capacity as T1 became the largest airport terminal in Europe.
