Heathrow Airport and more specifically Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 have been popular among the headlines on orldwide news channels within the last couple of weeks. Following the great success of the launch model of the brand new casting, ukbus 5015 replicating the 3-door British Airways Citaro EURO5 bus, Creative Master Northcord Limited is pleased to announce the release of ukbus 5016, the first model of a Euro 5 Citaro with curved windscreen which also serves Heathrow Airport. ukbus 5016 represents fleet number ES64035 (LK07 CCN) that was new to First in 2007 and is a single door vehicle. Bus services between Slough and Heathrow took another step forward during 2007, when ten Euro5 Mercedes-Benz Citaros replaced the Euro3 versions operating on routes 75/76 (Maidenhead – Slough – Heathrow). A new image was designed by Best Impressions to replace the silver livery which was now four years old (ukbus 5003) and incorporated details for  route 77 (Windsor – Slough – Heathrow) which had been introduced the previous year. The 77 was the new home for the displaced silver Citaros but it was common for Euro5 buses to appear alongside them, as this model illustrates. These ‘7-series’ Citaros featured even further reductions in engine emissions compared with the earlier Citaros, but retained features such as double glazing and air-conditioning. The addition of racks behind the driver provided airport travellers with improved storage space for large items of luggage. The opening of Terminal 5 in March 2008 brought further expansion and two existing routes in Slough area were projected to Terminal 5 and renumbered into the 7-series. Coincidentally, an additional seven new Citaros were required to operate the improved network and with the silver Citaros repainted blue during the first few months of 2008, the total number of 7-series Citaros rapidly grew to 27, which equated to over 50% of the vehicle allocation at Slough garage. ukbus 5016 features the smooth, curved windscreen with the destination display set behind the windscreen glass. The Mercedes-Benz Citaro EURO5 ukbus 5016 is a one-piece casting whose clean lines accentuate the square-mounted, double-glazed windows and the livery application on which all logos and lettering are clearly legible. Another main feature on the ukbus 5016 model is its extensive portrayal of handrails. The headlight / indicator units at the front and indicator / tail light units at the rear are made of individual, translucent components to look more realistic. As part of the new casting, representing the smoother look of the Euro 5 Citaro, a newly designed air-conditioning pod is fitted to the roof. ukbus 5016 is the latest model in the CMNL Heathrow Airport collection.