Tag: Chicago
TRIP REPORTS Nov 03, 2021 Flying United in 2021: 737-900ER from San Francisco to Chicago United's 737-900ER is decent for a medium-distance flight. I review and analyze my experience flying on the aircraft from SFO to ORD on my recent trip. Read More →
NEWS Dec 31, 1969 ANA 777 Suffers Engine Issues over Chicago Japanese Airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) suffered an engine issue shortly after takeoff from Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Flight 8549 departed Chicago en route to Tokyo at around 3:48 p.m. but quickly reported vibrations coming from engine No. 1. According to ATC transmissions, the left engine of the Boeing 777 was idle. Read More →
NEWS Dec 31, 1969 American Airlines Begins Distributing COVID-19 Vaccine On Sunday, American Airlines flew its very first flight carrying shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccines, whose final destination would be a U.S. territory in the Caribbean, were flown from Chicago (ORD) to Miami (MIA) onboard a Boeing 777-200. American has joined a number of other airlines in the effort to distribute the newly authorized vaccine throughout the country. Read More →
NEWS Dec 31, 1969 United Airlines Announces Plan to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccine United Airlines has announced a plan to distribute COVID-19 vaccines on behalf of Pfizer. How will they distribute them? Read this article to learn more. Read More →
NEWS Dec 31, 1969 Southwest to Expand to ORD and IAH Southwest Airlines has announced they will expand service to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) and George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in Houston. The expansion will happen in 2021 and was announced on October 12, 2020, on Southwest's Twitter. Read More →
NEWS Dec 31, 1969 FAA Fines Chicago $1.5 Million Just Months After $1.3 Million Fine The Federal Aviation Administration has fined the city of Chicago $1,500,000, only months after a separate $1.3 million fine. The fine comes after a plane slid off Runway 10L at Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD). An American Eagle E145LR, N619AE, operating as Envoy Airlines Flight 4215, slid off the runway in November of 2019. Read More →
TRIP REPORTS Dec 31, 1969 What It's like to Fly During A Global Pandemic A brief article on what it's like to fly on Southwest during a Pandemic Read More →