Re: Chicago Aviation - 2024

It's [basically] official... City + Airlines [with 99.99% certainty] agree on ORD 21 changes + pivots, per the lead arbitrator. New schedule: SAT 1 to begin construction later this summer, accelerated schedule. OGT to begin immediately after. SAT 2 to begin as OGT wraps. AA + UA really want to beef...

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2024

This project is lipstick on a pig. You can criticize the ORD 21 program for a variety of reasons, but it's not lipstick on a pig. I think one thing people don't realize is how much work has gone into making the runway situation significantly better and expanded over the last 20 years. Remember, we ...

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2024

Seems like the detractors are also forgetting the T5 airside shuttle from T1 and T3. And you can now go in the reverse direction too. So you can knock a few of those bullets off the list.

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2024

New F9 routes for ORD; ORD-BNA 3x weekly Starts 5/16 ORD-PWM 3x weekly Starts 5/16 ORD-IAH 4x weekly Starts 5/17 https://news.flyfrontier.com/frontier-airlines-announces-17-new-routes-across-multiple-airports--spanning-the-us-and-caribbean/ It’s interesting that most of these new route announcement...

Re: United “Actively investigating… corporate campus activity” outside DIA

Okay, then we should have active threads for DL, AA, B6, and WN for HQ relocation. DL was being pursued by New York state two years ago in response to GA's draconian voting laws. B6 is being pursued by FL. Why don't we discuss that? Oh -- it's because this forum gets off on denigrating Chicago. A C...

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2024

Sadly, Chicago may not attract as many business or leisure travelers as they used to. The city today just isn't what it was when you had all the 767s flying to Europe, 777s to Asia, and MD-80s from coast to coast. Just to correct more Chicago doom BS... Chicago saw a record 60 million tourists in 2...

Re: United “Actively investigating… corporate campus activity” outside DIA

This thread should be locked. Kirby met with Pritzker last week and assured the Governor that UA is "not relocating out of Chicago" and has no plans to. UA also has an RTO in effect for Willis Tower -- 3x a week. End of discussion. Source: https://www.chicagobusiness.com/airlines-airports...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

One thing I am trying to understand is if the plug was not properly seated on this or possibly multiple flight(s), how did they get the sufficient pressurization that would have been necessary for such a violent rapid decompression? Conversely, if it was seated properly to get that level of pressur...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

Incorrect. Ok then you’re right. It’s impossible for a plug to escape from an aircraft mid flight. Not sure what this thread is about. You are correct it is not a door, but it does push against pads on the airframe due to pressure differential. Not a true plug, but also not just held on by bolts. T...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

One thing I am trying to understand is if the plug was not properly seated on this or possibly multiple flight(s), how did they get the sufficient pressurization that would have been necessary for such a violent rapid decompression? Conversely, if it was seated properly to get that level of pressur...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

It was posted far earlier in the thread that the force applied by the lower spring mechanisms appear to assist in being able to lift the plug clear of the 12 side-stop posts for plug removal, but do not have the spring force necessary to actually "push" the plug up clear of the side-posts...

Re: United “Actively investigating… corporate campus activity” outside DIA

Walgreens sold some of the buildings on their campus, but their headquarters remain in Deerfield. Allstate left their Northbrook HQ for a smaller campus in Glenview. Both HQs are 25+ miles from downtown Chicago. Allstate and Walgreens have both opened significant offices downtown where many of the ...

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2023

Let’s PULLLEEZE not go down this path. This rhetoric is out of hand. Go with data or don’t go at all. Agreed. But along with that, demographic projections are about as worthless as my AA 500-mile upgrade certificates. Maybe the dumbest words ever written are "If current trends continue..."...

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2023

Let’s PULLLEEZE not go down this path. This rhetoric is out of hand. Go with data or don’t go at all. Agreed. But along with that, demographic projections are about as worthless as my AA 500-mile upgrade certificates. Maybe the dumbest words ever written are "If current trends continue..."...

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2023

I think there's plans to build a train, although I think what might complicate things is if the satellites are going to get used for international arrivals from destinations without customs preclearance, in which case an underground walking tunnel would be needed. (At either rate, this tunnel will ...

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2023

schernov wrote:

I bet for that extra billion a tunnel from t5 to t3 could be built

Re: Major AA cuts in AUS?

And AUS is not a “fad that has passed.” I am a believer that it will be one of the largest metropolitan areas in the US in 20 years. It may displace Chicago. That doesn’t mean you need to fly empty planes today, but it will be a crucial city in the future. lol what? Do you mean DFW? The Metroplex w...

Re: American Airlines Network - 2023

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/airlines-airports/american-airlines-ohare-service-next-year In ORD news, Crain’s Chicago just published an article stating that American will dial up its ORD schedule as it moves to restore pre-pandemic level service. The increases will begin in April 2024. Note, the...

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2023

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/airlines-airports/american-airlines-ohare-service-next-year Behind paywall but basically says that AA CCO made remarks that they will be focusing a bit more on building AA up starting in April. And they have just added dozens of additional frequencies to the schedule...

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2023

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/airlines-airports/american-airlines-ohare-service-next-year Behind paywall but basically says that AA CCO made remarks that they will be focusing a bit more on building AA up starting in April. And they have just added dozens of additional frequencies to the schedule ...

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2023

BA will be operating three daily flights next summer so it will actually be an increase in capacity by about a 100 seats. BA294 - 1645 dep- 0635 arrival on a 772/773 BA298 - 1910 dep- 0900 arrival on a 781 BA296 - 2115 dep- 1105 arrival on a 781 So will we be seeing the last A380 at ORD soon? It al...

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2023

Wonder if the BA changes are just a placeholder. That would be quite a decrease in capacity from this summer. BA will be operating three daily flights next summer so it will actually be an increase in capacity by about a 100 seats. BA294 - 1645 dep- 0635 arrival on a 772/773 BA298 - 1910 dep- 0900 ...

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2023

Just trying to be realistic, I never read 'new ORD route' and thought permanent expansion. And I'm correct on half of what I said so far. It's seasonal to VCE. Now lets see how long it lasts. My guess it it gets dropped next summer or the following one and doesn't return. If AA can't make ORD-PBI /...

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2023

Yep. https://twitter.com/HannahFollmanTV/status/1679285016977653761 Hopefully they turned the music off, so the passengers don't have to hear Rhapsody in Blue over and over and over, lol. You know-- not the most important point to make relative to almost tragedy of a nearby tornado but that tunnel ...

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2023

A look ahead ORD/MDW to Texas - week of September 17-23, 2023 -nonstop flights per week- ORD-DFW (118) AA B737 X 42, A321 X 28 (70) NK A320neo X 14 UA B737 X 19, B737Max9 X 8, A320 X 6, A310 X 1 (34) MDW-DFW F9 A320neo X 14 ORD-DAL WN B737 X 33, B737Max8 X 1 (34) MDW-DAL WN B737 X 32, B737Max8 X 14...

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2023

I’ll bet they remove frequencies and make it mainline. These schedules several months out have been worthless.

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2023

Haven't flown out of O'Hare for a long time, but had to this weekend to get to Fargo. Is it the recent construction related that has caused horrific taxi times to the E/F gates? I timed 28 mins from F9 to takeoff at 9C, and then 24 minutes from 28R to E5. Outbound the taxi was B to PP to D for the ...

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2023

According to this source, O'Hare is, as of now, less than 100 movements from the busiest title, with the possibility of surpassing Atlanta in movements this summer. We'll see how it shakes out. https://aviationsourcenews.com/analysis/chicago-ohare-busiest-airport-in-the-world-on-the-cards/ Try to i...

ATS Changes

I've been meaning to ask about this but since many have been complaining the ATS is slow and there has just been a significant update I thought I would post now. This is regarding the technical operation of the ATS and changes that I have noticed since the new system's debut. There have long been ma...

Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2022

Your correct yeo, they were operated in conjunction with AF. CDG went seasonal and had DL operate the flying, I believe 5 days a week, maybe 4 but they arrived and departed out of T5. The 76 could fit but then DL lost an additional gate due to the wingspan so they decided to depart out of T5 as wel...

Re: F9 starting HOU/MDW

ORD has traded delays aloft (or on the ground at the departure airport) for very long taxi times. That helps the on-time arrival data but doesn't really help passengers. And specific to F9, the Terminal 5 gating situation will be difficult for a few more years. I think it's a good trade-off ORD has...

Re: F9 starting HOU/MDW

Glad to see Frontier returning to MDW. I always thought we'd eventually see f9 or NK pickup MDW on at least a few routes, especially with NK adding places like KMIA right next door to KFLL. Makes sense to have options out of both Chicago airports. I'm surprised AA and UA have also left MDW alone in...

Re: ORD ATS Train Finally Re-opening Wednesday, Nov. 3

"The CDA is upgrading the ATS to enable an expanded and more modern system suited to serve a modern O’Hare. Upgrades to the 25-year-old system include a larger new fleet of cars, which will double the capacity of the current system. When complete, the new system will move passengers convenient...

Re: ORD ATS Train Finally Re-opening Wednesday, Nov. 3

FINALLY! No more busses and ORD retains its hub status as the premier connecting hub in the Mid-west. I'm not sure how much difference the ATS makes for connecting passengers, to be honest. The terminal change and security reclear for certain connections to Terminal 5 isn't optimal whether done by ...

ORD ATS Train Finally Re-opening Wednesday, Nov. 3

I posted in the Chicago thread but with all the disastrous debacle over the last 3 years, I thought it was a relevant topic. This will now be for all intl to domestic and domestic to T5 transiting passengers as well as all car rental traffic! I'm not sure if they're moving all hotel and shuttle buse...

Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2021

The re-opening of the ATS has just been set for WEDNESDAY, NOV. 3RD!! Hopefully no more delays! Can we even consider it "new" anymore? The train cars have been riding around for almost 3 years!

Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2021

Some good home town news, according to Flightaware, ORD was the busiest airport for at least the last week with 13,761 total departures and arrivals. It's on their main page under the Aviation Trends section. https://flightaware.com/ That's great news, thanks for sharing! I’ve been checking this we...

Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2021

I’m not advocating for anything besides a little bit of restraint. For example, the “World Gateway Program” O’Hare expansion plan from the late 90s/early 2000s had all the benefits of the OGT without the grandiosity. WGP colocated alliance partners, netted a similar number of new gates and tripled ...

Re: Southwest's Top Ten Connecting Airports

MIflyer12 wrote:

No data source was cited. And people wonder why Simple Flying is mocked in this forum.

Re: Boeing's 737 Max has new problem that will require electrical inspection

After all the scrutiny this aircraft has been under for the 20 months it was grounded there literally should be NOTHING wrong with it. It's only April and we've already found the stupidest post of the year. Did you actually read what the issue is? +1 exactly what I thought when I read that. Actuall...

Re: US Airline Booking Trends during COVID-19

So much of the business discussion here is all around "sales"? Is that really the majority of US business travel? What about all the internal meetings, get togethers etc - the "competitors do it" don't apply to internal business meetings, remote support has been developed such t...

Re: US Airline Booking Trends during COVID-19

This is a very good point. For large corps, their product is generally well known and speaks for itself. The main negotiations are around pricing and terms which can all be done pretty easily over zoom. For smaller shops with little or no brand recognition, face-to-face interactions can be much mor...

Re: US Airline Booking Trends during COVID-19

For large corporate travel, I see them delaying travel especially when bean counters see the amount of money that they have "saved". For smaller companies, like mine, that do not have name recognition, the way we introduce our products is through trade shows. How often have we done trade ...

Re: US Airline Booking Trends during COVID-19

Corporate travel will be slow and difficult to return. Remember, companies (and CFOs) have now had two budget years with essentially zero travel spend. The inertia of reflexively handing millions to airlines has ended, and travel justification thresholds will be higher than ever. I disagree. https:...

Re: AA B38M Pitch Trim Issue 3/29/21

Isn’t it more likely that it’s a return to service issue as many have suspected will happen occasionally considering all the stored planes?

Poster above said it restarted revenue service just a few days ago.

Re: OAG Changes 1/27/2021:3M to GSP;AA JFK-ATH/TLV;DL LGA-EYW/HHH/MYR,JFK-ACK/MVY;F9 New Routes;NK MCO-PAP/SDQ;WN FAT/SB

I'm going to say what I've been saying. It is not something I can fix. If you can find a common thread like the same equipment type is always missing or the same operator (OO for example) is always impacted I can get it reported it to the provider. Absent that I don't have enough information to do ...

Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2021

I’m most excited for Southwests setup in Terminal 5. Oh no, I didn't realize they were going into T5. I don't like that all.... T5 has aged really well, in part, due to the reduced frequency of turnarounds owing to long-hauls. I realize that has changed over the past few years with so many new fore...

Re: FAA ungrounds Boeing 737 MAX

This is an aviation forum where it is fair to assume most posters work, play or at least have an active interest in the field of aviation. A generic fear of flying is not what is being talked about here, it is anti-MAX sentiment . It seemed to me that to just indignantly say "I'll never fly on...

Re: OAG Changes 11/3/2020:STOP THE HAMMERING;WN Suspends 100 Routes Till Mid-MAR;AA +EYW-MCO/TPA,SAVORD;B6 +JFKGEO

Sorry to be a broken record but so much of the AA is still completely wrong and now UA has lots of errors too. I checked a ton... here are a few examples: AA BOS-ORD AA ATL-ORD UA CMH- ORD AA this week appears to have a filing issue with OO* Eagle flights - many routes show additional frequency cut...

Re: OAG Changes 11/3/2020:STOP THE HAMMERING;WN Suspends 100 Routes Till Mid-MAR;AA +EYW-MCO/TPA,SAVORD;B6 +JFKGEO

Sorry to be a broken record but so much of the AA is still completely wrong and now UA has lots of errors too. I checked a ton... here are a few examples:

AA BOS-ORD
AA ATL-ORD

UA CMH- ORD