Flight Cap Could Tame Chicago Airport Capacity Battle

united and american aircraft lined up to take off snowy day chicago o'hare airport

Spirit Airlines is urging the FAA to place the burden of pending flight cuts in Chicago on American and United, “whose aggressive expansion created the crisis,” it says.

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Keen to avoid operational challenges on the scale of last year’s disruptions at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, the FAA has convened airlines and the local airport authority to discuss upcoming cuts at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Spurred by a 15% surge in scheduled...
Christine Boynton

Christine Boynton is a Senior Editor covering air transport in the Americas for Aviation Week Network.

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