by annie » Mon Sep 29, 2014 7:51 am
> To anyone traveling to Chicago make sure you are aware of O'Hare
> and midway delays. They say it could last as long as 14 more days.
Yeah, I'm a bit concerned, but I'm sure (I hope anyway) that by then they will have things running more smoothly.
I just checked the flight status at my closest major airport (OMA) and it looks like three flights bound for Chicago, one each for Untied, American, and Southwest have already departed on time. Looking down on the board it appears that one Untied and three American flights to Chicago are cancelled, with all others showing normal and on time.
The other airport that serves our area (LNK) only has one carrier that serves Chicago, Untied. Their board shows one flight that took off on schedule, and another one in a couple of hours as cancelled.
Update: I just spoke to our in-house TA (she just walked in). They are re-booking me on an earlier flight, the first one out that morning to Midway. She was saying that the first flight out was the safest as far as risk of being cancelled or delayed, since the flight originates here and the aircraft will already be here and waiting, plus, there are more options should that flight have to be cancelled for any reason.
Oh well, I hope it gets totally sorted out before the 8th.