Baggage handlers at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 will continue to sort passengers’ luggage by hand throughout the weekend after the system was hit by further technical problems today.

Hopes that Heathrow’s Terminal 5 in England could return to a normal schedule today were dashed after further problems with the baggage system.

Heathrow’s Terminal 5 in England is expected to return to a normal schedule today after more than a week of chaos and misery for passengers.

The Heathrow Terminal 5 debacle hit British Airways’ monthly passenger figures for March 2008, it was revealed today.

Heathrow’s Terminal 5 will operate a full schedule of flights on Saturday, British Airways said today.

Passengers arriving at Heathrow’s Terminal Five today saw nothing of the chaos which has engulfed the building in past days.

The chief executive of British Airways tonight issued a fresh apology to travellers caught up in the Heathrow Terminal 5 fiasco but insisted the new facility would be a success.

British Airways faced further disruption at Heathrow’s new Terminal Five this week after a weekend which saw dozens of flights cancelled, hundreds of unhappy passengers and major problems with the infrastructure of the £4.3 billion (€5.4 billion) building.

British Airways boss Willie Walsh today vowed his company ’would not rest’ until Heathrow’s Terminal Five was working at a ’high standard’, as airport users continued to complain of delays and poor service.