BA flights axed and more to follow

British Airways passengers endured more flight cancellations on Wednesday as the airline struggled to reunite missing bags with their owners.

BA said it would not be until Friday that its full service could be resumed.

BA cancelled 46 flights on Wednesday - 35 at Heathrow and 11 at Gatwick. This took the airline's total cancellations since the anti-terror measures were introduced last week to more than 1,100.

Three long-haul and 32 short-haul flights at Heathrow were axed by BA on Wednesday as well as 11 domestic services at Gatwick. BA said it would be cancelling 19 short-haul flights out of Heathrow on Saturday.