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British Airways to trim about 10,000 flights from winter schedule

  British Airways has announced it plans to cut thousands of flights from its winter schedule because of airport passenger caps and dwindling demand as fall and winter approach. The airline said total capacity for its winter schedule until the end of March 2023 will be reduced by 8%, which will affect roughly 10,000 flights (or about 5,000 round trips).   The announcement follows the recent extension of a daily limit of 100,000 passengers currently in place at Heathrow Airport in London.   The airport had to impose the cap in July as it struggled to handle staffing shortages, long lines, flight delays and mountains of lost luggage during the summer peak.    The cap extension at Heathrow, the largest airport serving the United Kingdom, also affects hundreds of British Airways flights between now and late October.   "For us, it means we have to cancel on average a further 12 short-haul round trips from London Heathrow each day," the airline said in a statement. Thro