Flight cancellations that took place were ones that were required as a consequence of government actions or were able to be done because they didn't disrupt rou

Flight cancellations that took place were ones that were required as a consequence of government actions or were able to be done because they didn't disrupt routing, e.g. those planes were not necessarily expected to be at their subsequent destinations. That's first-order. You can reference my prior post for the distinction between this and long-term re-working of tactical and strategic decisions (second-order) Not sure how else I can explain this to you mate. The original commenter and I seem to get it.