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| Heathrow's Terminal 5 will operate a full schedule of flights on Saturday, British Airways has said. | Heathrow's Terminal 5 will operate a full schedule of flights on Saturday, British Airways has said. |
| It will be the first day of normal operation for the terminal, which was plagued by problems on its opening day. | It will be the first day of normal operation for the terminal, which was plagued by problems on its opening day. |
| Scores of flights have been cancelled by the airline over the past week in order to take pressure off overloaded baggage handling systems. | Scores of flights have been cancelled by the airline over the past week in order to take pressure off overloaded baggage handling systems. |
| On Thursday BA cancelled 34 flights, fewer than the previous two days when more than 50 services did not fly. | On Thursday BA cancelled 34 flights, fewer than the previous two days when more than 50 services did not fly. |
| The weekend schedule is less busy than the weekday timetable, a spokeswoman for BA said. | |
| Almost 250 flights in and out of T5 were cancelled during its first four days because of glitches with its new baggage-handling system. | |
| Baggage handlers are still sorting through 14,000 pieces of luggage lost as flights took off with passengers but no bags on board. |