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Richard Rogers' design for Heathrow | Latest advice on Sars | The Economist's city guides | Easyjet's business travellers microsite | Flying Air Wales
  
  


· Richard Rogers has revealed his "mouth-organ" design for Heathrow Terminal 5, which should open in five years. The new building (see www.richardrogers.co.uk ) will be nearly half a kilometre long and incorporate glass walls 40ft high. Meanwhile, the plans for a new airport at Cliffe in Kent will almost certainly be shelved ( www.aviation.dft.gov.uk/consult/airconsult/se/technical/birdrisk/) because birds may fly into engines.

· The latest travel advice on Sars is not, as you might expect, on the Foreign Office website, but at www.doh.gov.uk/sars .

· The Economist has launched the first of its offline city guides for business travellers, but you need to sign up for the magazine's regular emails. See www.economist.com/cities/ .

· Easyjet has launched a free, dedicated microsite for business travellers at www.easyJet.com/b2b/en/ , where companies can track their spending. Switching flights costs £15 each way plus any difference in price.

· The notion of flying from London to south Wales may seem strange, but Air Wales ( www.airwales.co.uk ) is launching two new London City to Cardiff and Swansea routes from April 28. Fares, which can't yet be booked online, will start at £19 plus taxes each way.

 

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