Overview
- American will lift its Chicago spring schedule by about 30% year over year to more than 500 daily departures, covering 75+ destinations with added frequencies to markets including Boston, Dallas–Fort Worth, San Francisco and Orlando.
- Spring-break demand is a focus, with Chicago–Las Vegas doubling to six daily round trips and additional flying to Panama City and Sarasota.
- Seasonal transatlantic service from Chicago will run longer in 2026, with Dublin extended by about a month and Paris by about three months.
- Regional connectivity grows in February with up to three more daily Cleveland flights, reaching seven peak daily, and two more Milwaukee flights, reaching six daily.
- The expansion intensifies competition at O’Hare, where United projects roughly 650 peak daily departures and holds more gates, as American pursues an ongoing appeal over this year’s gate reallocation.