Overview
- The spring schedule lifts American’s peak O’Hare operations to more than 500 daily departures, about 30% higher than last spring.
- Frequencies increase across more than 75 destinations, with added service to Boston, Dallas–Fort Worth, San Francisco, Savannah, Cincinnati and Orlando, and doubled links to Las Vegas, Panama City and Sarasota.
- Seasonal transatlantic service from Chicago will run longer, with Dublin extended by about one month and Paris by about three months.
- American will raise Cleveland–Chicago service to as many as seven peak daily flights starting in February as part of the build-up.
- Gate allocation at O’Hare favors United at roughly 95 gates versus about 60 for American, the injunction American sought over a recent reallocation was denied and is on appeal, and a blog report says American acquired two Spirit gates for $30 million.