Hundreds Of Travelers Stranded Overnight After Storms Cancel Flights
The effects from Thursday night's thunderstorms were still being felt Friday morning at Midway and O'Hare airports.
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The effects from Thursday night's thunderstorms were still being felt Friday morning at Midway and O'Hare airports.
About 200 flights have been canceled at Midway airport and 1,000 flights canceled at O'Hare airport, including a flight to Mexico City that left many passengers in limbo.
Flights at both O'Hare International Airport and Midway Airport have been canceled Saturday ahead of the weekend snowstorm.
Delta Air Lines has resumed a limited number of flights Monday morning, after a major computer outage brought its operations to a stop.
More than 300 flights were canceled at O'Hare and Midway airports Tuesday and thousands of ComEd customers remained without power after a wintry mix of sleet, freezing rain, snow and high winds pummeled the Chicago area Monday.
Jetliners roared down O'Hare's newest runway as Chicago officials cheerfully touted the latest piece of a decade-long overhaul as a tipping point that could cut delays in half and dramatically improve the reputation for bottlenecks at one of the nation's busiest airports. But in the year and a half since that celebratory event, delays have been even more common than in the five years before the strip opened.
Thousands of travelers were left stranded at O'Hare International Airport on Wednesday night, after thunderstorms prompted airlines to cancel nearly 600 flights.
The risk of thunderstorms in the Chicago area has led to delays and some cancelations at the city's airports.
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Travel headaches continued Monday morning at Chicago's airports, thanks to the frigid conditions.
The airlines expect a lot of people will be trying to travel today - because tomorrow is going to be the first day back at work for many people after Christmas and New Year's.
Southwest was facing major backups early Friday, a residual effect of both the snowstorm in the Chicago area over the past couple days, as well as planes being unable to fly to many parts of the Northeast, as a blizzard hits there.
United Airlines was socked with a $1.1 million fine for a single day of flight delays last year at O'Hare International Airport.
The FAA says to expect flight delays and cancellations around the country, including Chicago.
Computer problems at American Airlines are affecting thousands of passengers in Chicago as well as across the nation and worldwide.
Officials at O'Hare International Airport are saying a bit more about what caused lights to fail on two runways Thursday night, but have yet to determine an exact cause.
O'Hare flight boards were showing delays on flights from New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Ohio – all areas hit by the winter storm.
With a snowstorm hitting the northwest suburbs on the way to the Chicago area, hundreds of flights were cancelled at O'Hare and Midway airports, in many cases leaving travelers stranded.
A string of thunderstorms is causing major delays for air travelers heading to and from the east coast.
Nearly 6,000 homes and businesses in the Chicago area were still without power Wednesday afternoon, after two powerful thunderstorms swept through the area overnight.
Delays of up to three hours are being reported at Midway International Airport due to fog hovering over the Chicago area.
Airlines have resumed operations at O'Hare and Midway international airports Thursday, but there are still more than 1,000 cancellations due to the effects of this week's blizzard.
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With an eye toward increasing safety and decreasing delays, the federal government will provide money to design a third air traffic control tower at O'Hare International Airport.
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