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Christine Boynton
March 13, 2026
Spirit Airlines is urging the FAA to place the burden of pending flight cuts in Chicago on American and United, “whose aggressive expansion created the crisis,” it says. Credit: Tribune Content Agency/Alamy Stock Photo
Keen to avoid operational challenges on the scale of last year’s disruptions at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, the FAA has convened airlines and the local airport authority to discuss upcoming cuts at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Spurred by a 15% surge in scheduled…
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