Airport orders airlines to axe flights on Thursday ‘because it could not handle them’ Airline passengers have complained of “total chaos” at Heathrow after the airport made a last-minute order to cancel flights because it could not handle them. Thousands of travellers were disrupted by a rare “schedule intervention” on Thursday morning, which led to the scrapping of 30 flights during the morning peak. Continue reading... .. Full story on theguardian.com