Flight cancellations, delays and baggage problems continued to plague Heathrow Airport's Terminal Five for a second day after the much-heralded building opened for business. British Airways, the only airline operating from the new terminal, canceled 20 percent of its flights from the terminal on Friday, a spokesman said, and predicted possible delays for the remaining 80 percent.On Friday, passengers were initially allowed only hand luggage on flights from the terminal, but the airline later allowed checked-in luggage as well, the spokesman said.
The problems are an embarrassment for British Airways and Heathrow, which spent two decades and $8.6 billion building the terminal. Airport operator BAA promised that the terminal would be able to handle dozens of planes at the same time and process 12,000 bags an hour.
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