Overview
- The FAA will limit O'Hare to 2,708 flights per day from June 2 to October 24 after delaying the start from May 17 to give airlines time to adjust crew plans.
- United will cut more than 100 daily departures and operate about 650 flights a day this summer, down from roughly 780 planned, with no staff reductions tied to the changes.
- American expects to drop about 40 daily arrivals and departures at O'Hare to comply with the new limits, though it has not detailed specific routes.
- Data from Cirium show United and American have already removed about 2,696 roundtrip May flights at O'Hare, which averages roughly 87 per day.
- Officials pointed to fewer than 60% on-time flights last summer and plans for nearly 15% more peak-day traffic this year as the reasons for imposing the cap.