Heathrow cancels 60 flights and warns it may have to axe more

Heathrow said 25 million passengers travelled through it in the first six months of 2022, compared with 19.4 million across the whole of 2021. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters

Heathrow airport cancelled more than 60 flights on Monday and warned it may have to ask airlines to remove more as it struggles to cope with the rebound in travel demand after the coronavirus pandemic.

The flights were spread across Terminals 3 and 5, with British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Air France among the airlines affected, disrupting plans for about 10,000 passengers.