Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has ordered Chicago O’Hare International Airport to cut over 300 daily flights from its schedule, starting next month.
O’Hare, the largest U.S. airport by flight volume, is expected to see more than 3,080 flights on peak days this summer. With the new order, the number of flights per day will drop to 2,708 to prevent a 14.9% peak-day increase from last summer.
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After meeting with representatives from airlines and the airport, Duffy and the Federal Aviation Administration announced the scheduling reduction action on Thursday.
“If you book a ticket, we want you and your family to have the certainty that you’ll fly without endless delays and cancellations,” Duffy said in a statement, citing the department’s work to make flights at Newark Liberty International Airport more efficient.
“Applying that same strategy at O’Hare – where unrealistic schedules were set to dramatically exceed what they could handle – will reduce
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