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Looks like British Airways will be using 787's starting in April and as already talked about the A380 in May. That replaces the 777 and 747 aircraft currently in use, although you could still see them here as downgrades when the A380 breaks or gets hit by a jetbridge :) Also three more international airlines coming to Chicago soon.
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I hope maybe 2 of the 3 are from South/Latin Amerca. Seems to be the one region where Chicago really lacks versus many of the other US hubs. |
I'm suspecting the odds the city will build another A380 gate to be slim. The plane doesn't seem to have much of a future at this point and we don't really need the volume. 787s/A350s plus 737Max/321 variants will be most of what we'll be seeing internationally.
Will be interesting to see if the A321neoLR lets some more thin routes work at ORD. |
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hell, my parents went to chile last fall and found the most competitive fare to santiago was on air canada routed through toronto! it would be nice to see ORD get more nonstop SA service. and with this new international service push with the proposed international gateway, it might just happen. it'd be nice to pick up cities like buenos aires, santiago, bogota, and lima for starters to at least put us on par with toronto. |
^ Agree. Our relatively poor international air connections may in part explain why we get such relatively poor international tourism
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So AA just came out against the deal saying it favors United.
“But American cannot sign the lease in its current form because of a secret provision, inserted at the last minute, awarding additional gates to United." “The United gate deal creates a clear winner, United, and clear losers: namely, competition, Chicago travelers and American Airlines.” I don't see what leverage AA has though. Their gate lease is up in May. Unless they are willing to walk away from ORD then they'll need to accept the cities terms. The city holds all the cards. UA/DL/others would be more than happy to fill the void left by AA should they reduce or de-hub ORD. DL has publically supported the deal. No word from UA yet. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...228-story.html |
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well, that was one hell of a short honeymoon.
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Why do our public officials act like such buffoons? When you are this close to a deal, you should make sure everyone is on board before making public announcements
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^ So the OHare expansion as outlined can move forward without their signing of the lease?
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AA has few moves, the leases are up. They’ll also be paying through the nose if they don’t get a new lease agreement in place. The city council passed an ordinance that lets Rahm soak them on fees.
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I can see why AA would be pissed. UAL gets way more out of this.
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