By Kenneth Ehigiator

For the benefit of travellers from Nigeria and other parts of the world, British Airways has declared open the third phase of  Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport in London.

Known as Terminal C, the airline said in a statement issued yesterday that it was built at the cost of  £340m.

According to the airline, the terminal will provide passengers travelling through it additional capacity and help to ensure that customers have an even smoother start or end to their journeys.

The statement read: “More than 70 million customers on over 500,000 flights have used Terminal 5 since it opened in March 2008 and the facility has helped British Airways to achieve record levels of punctuality, baggage performance and the airline’s highest ever customer satisfaction scores.

“With the opening of T5 C, an extra three million customers each year will be able to walk directly on or off their aircraft by using a covered “air bridge” linked to the terminal building, rather than having to use a bus.”