Why do you make this guess - the Gulf carriers had said they were very interested in doing so. And carriers are often lamenting the capacity limitations at T5. Also, wouldn't our Dept of Aviation have marketed this well enough to get at least one user over the entire second half of the year?

If no carrier intended to use it then the city wouldn't have upgraded the gate. If their one-off flight is without issue then I think you'll see Emirates start regular A380 service shortly after.

I never wrote no one would use it, I simply stated a fact that no carrier had regular scheduled planned service this year and most carriers are working on winter and spring schedules now.

I do hope ORD is working on at least 1 one more A380 gate For flight delays of the surprise announcement of 2 carriers wanting to fly the whale to ORD. Emirates seems like the likely candidate, with possibly BA or Qatar. Korean doesn't have the demand they once had here with Asiana on the route, and T1 isn't capable of handling the plane for Lufthansa.

New hotels
 

UA pilot, is it mostly the smaller regional jets that have issues? Larger jets should be able to land in nearly all cross-winds, as they do in most parallel airports (Heathrow, etc.). If so, I think we can live without regionals (or live with some regional flight cancellations on strong wind days).

And the northern diagonal runway makes no sense to keep, it cuts right through westward terminal expansion. the west airfield can accommodate another Denver airport (or larger) if it was utilized effectively.

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/apps/...20160624133808

I spy ... a new Concourse L-prime, and possible Concourse M bus gates.

What about terminal 4 & 6? Amy news lately?

All aircraft are effected by heavy crosswinds to some degree....One point, the larger mainline carriers do train pilots to land in very low visibility. Most regionals cannot land in very low visibility due to the extra training required. That's not based on the size of the aircraft but the training. Some small carriers that fly bigger aircraft also have this issue due to training wich is expensive.

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/artic...e-hilton-space

is this link working now??
when does the Rental Garage/ATS extension construction start?

Haven't been in the area in many months but work has gotten started. Earthwork has been going on at the parking structure site east of Mannheim. I'm aware some work started in Lot E because I worked for a contractor last year who is building the columns for the ATS extension.

^is there a map of that proposal? having a hard time picturing where it would go etc

The new hotel would go where the "future collateral develop" tag is. Not sure what happens to the cell phone lot or the kiss and fly. Does anybody actually drop passengers off here? The departures level at the terminals is usually not too congested.

https://www.transportation.gov/sites...0Schematic.jpg

https://www.transportation.gov/tifia...t-use-facility

I drive through this area a lot due to work and there is already a ton of activity:

- Concrete piers in place for 'joint use' facility structure have been (mostly poured)
- Concrete piers have also been poured for what is currently shown as a surface lot, very close along Mannheim...which is odd since it's a surface lot...so is this in preparation for the future hotel ardecila mentioned, and if so, I'm surprised nothing else has been mentioned about this.
- Concrete piers for 'Loading dock' at the south end of the Mannheim bend are also almost fully formed.
- The overpass above Mannheim is (very slowly) taking shape.

I wish I could take pictures, but lane closures and construction workers walking in and out of area on Mannheim would make photography from one's car a bad idea.

Old video at a "big city airport" from 1948. The airport and city are Midway and Chicago.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWlM7s1fvbY

Wow! Thank you so much for sharing this. I haven't seen it yet. Is that old Midway Airport? It was very small runway, but they don't have extended the long runway.

Most of the runway concrete is still there although they use a few of them as taxiways only now. That old terminal building was still there until the 1990's. The old north TWA and AA hangars are still there, although that United hangar shown in the landing shot is gone.

@ardecila thanks for the map

Wow! Thank you for information about this. I am really appreciate that. I have no idea what happened there. It was over nearly 3 decades ago. I never been in Midway before, but I went to ORD.

O'Hare gate deal takes off—nine more now, likely dozens soon after

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/artic...ens-soon-after

Another A380 gate will be part of the T5 expansion.

Looks like the existing T2's days are numbered now and they could end up using the entire midfield for more terminal space.

Finally!!! Just about time!!! It's long overdue!!!

Do you think airlines codeshare partners will moved into terminal 1 or 2? Do you think it will work? They don't have to go to terminal 5 anymore. They can stay inside at sterile area. Can they have their own CBP facility? Delta will eventually moved to terminal 5 to be with codeshare partners & Skyteam alliance, as well as ULCC.