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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators shut down airport highways and bridges in major cities

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked roadways in Illinois, California, New York and the Pacific Northwest on Monday, temporarily shutting down travel into some of the nation's airports.

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Flying from O’Hare during the holidays? Take note of these traveling tips to ease your stress

Don’t let the quirks of O’Hare or one of the airlines get to you. Look for someone wearing a blue vest, a Travelers Aid Chicago volunteer, to get help.

Chicago Sun-Times

Johnson urged to ‘find solutions that work for the airlines’ to salvage O’Hare expansion

Days after announcing his departure from the job growth agency known as World Business Chicago, Michael Fassnacht urged City Hall and the two major carriers to work out their differences on a massive project that started at $8.7 billion but has ballooned to $12.1 billion.

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Chicago must keep pushing forward on O’Hare expansion project

United and American Airlines want to scale back or slow down the massive project to replace Terminal 2. Both Illinois senators and former Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who forged the plan with the airlines, say a deal’s a deal.

Chicago Sun-Times

As O’Hare expansion price tag climbs, airport’s two biggest carriers want project scaled back – or grounded

United and American airlines are slated to share a new “global terminal” handling both domestic and international flights — a project funded in part by airlines. But now both carriers want Mayor Brandon Johnson to alter those plans.

Chicago Sun-Times

Forever chemicals’ toxic legacy at Chicago’s airports

Firefighting foam with PFAS contaminated groundwater under Chicago airports.

Chicago Sun-Times

Catholic Charities flights lead to surging number of migrants at O’Hare

The nonprofit group in San Antonio, Texas, continues to send migrants, Chicago officials say, despite their insistence that the city is at capacity.

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Chicago is keeping hundreds of migrants at airports while waiting on shelters and tents

As Chicago struggles to house asylum-seekers, the city is using a shuttle bus center at O’Hare International Airport

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At O’Hare Airport, hundreds of migrants are stuck at a shelter that’s overcrowded, unsanitary

A curtained-off portion of the airport has been used for months as a migrant shelter, and advocates worry about the conditions.

Chicago Sun-Times

Not everything with wings is welcome at O’Hare Airport. The lucky ones are caught and relocated.

A team of wildlife experts works to shoo, move away or euthanize birds and other animals found on the airport grounds “to ensure the safety of people and aircraft.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Mom tracks lost bag to O’Hare with an AirTag. United couldn’t help, so she flew to collect it

Sandra Shuster played phone tag with United for nearly two weeks when her daughter’s AirTag showed a suitcase was stuck at O’Hare. Then she jumped on a plane.

Chicago Sun-Times

Vermont governor seeks major disaster declaration from White House as state braces for more storms – as it happened

Latest storm warning comes just days after areas of Vermont and New York were hit with flash flooding, raising concerns over more damage

The Guardian - US

Tornadoes halt Chicago air traffic as residents urged to seek shelter

At least eight tornadoes hit north-eastern Illinois, with no immediate reports of injuries

The Guardian - US

Homeless people locked out of O’Hare still have few options, months after crackdown: ‘Where am I supposed to go?’

Even as the city’s shelter system is taxed with an influx of new migrants, unhoused people are prevented from entering the airport they had used as a sanctuary.

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Lightfoot extends pandemic lifeline to airport concessionaires on her way out the door

Presiding over her last City Council meeting on Wednesday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot introduced an ordinance empowering Aviation Commissioner Jamie Rhee to negotiate new, more “limited relief” for O’Hare and Midway concessionaires.

Chicago Tribune

O’Hare Airport, mayor address homelessness at the airport after social media uproar

CHICAGO — Amid a growing population of homeless people taking refuge in Chicago’ O’Hare International Airport, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the city won’t allow homeless people to sleep at the airport anymore.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mayor vows to remove unhoused people from O’Hare as more seek shelter at airport

Lightfoot said Thursday that it’s a security risk to allow homeless people to stay at O’Hare. But a law enforcement source said that starting this week, additional police has been dedicated to offering services to homeless people — and removing those who don’t accept the help.

Chicago Sun-Times

O’Hare’s expanded international terminal ‘stunning and beautiful,’ Lightfoot boasts

Four years in the making, the project means 25% more capacity for an international terminal once housed in the ground floor of a parking garage. It’s a major milestone for a massive airport renovation now projected to cost $12.1 billion.

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Driving vehicles on O’Hare Airport runways has landed suspensions for 5 city workers

Two of them got 10-day suspensions without pay. None got fired — not even the city employee involved in two ‘runway incursions’ in a single day, records obtained by the Sun-Times show.

Chicago Sun-Times

O’Hare improvement plan prepared for takeoff — and right on time

If Chicago is to consider itself a world class city, having a travel-friendly, functional, showcase international airport is key.

Chicago Tribune

After a tough summer for air travel, what will the fall bring?

CHICAGO — Ellie and Ryan Weseloh feel lucky to have escaped the worst of what the summer brought for air travelers.

Chicago Tribune

After a tough summer for air travel, what will the fall bring?

Ellie and Ryan Weseloh feel lucky to have escaped the worst of what the summer brought for air travelers.

Chicago Tribune

It’s been a rough summer for air travel. But for some, the trip to or from the airport is just as frustrating

CHICAGO — Standing outside Terminal 2 at O’Hare International Airport, a phone in each hand, Mervyn Wright weighed the options to get to his suburban hotel.

Chicago Sun-Times

Roads, airports expected to be busy this weekend despite higher fuel costs

While people aren’t staying home because of gas prices, some are making changes to their travel plans, AAA says.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot unveils campaign to welcome air travelers

Neither the mayor nor World Business Chicago CEO Michael Fassnacht mentioned the much-ridiculed “Chicago Not in Chicago” campaign, but they didn’t have to. It was the elephant in Terminal 2.

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