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An officer with U.S. Customs and Border Protection checks the passports of Robert Schwartz and Kathryn Jeffery of Minnesota at O'Hare Airport Thursday Aug. 15, 2013.

New smartphone app helps travelers speed through customs at O’Hare

June 15, 2018 at 7:19 p.m.

Passengers landing at O'Hare airport from abroad can use a mobile-device app instead of paper customs declaration forms, potentially speeding their trip through customs, officials said Wednesday. U.S. and Canadian...

Boeing reported first quarter profit of $1.87 per share on Wednesday.

Boeing tops first-quarter profit forecasts as airplane deliveries rise

June 15, 2018 at 7:08 p.m.

Chicago-based Boeing delivered more airplanes in the first quarter, offsetting sluggish results in the defense side of its business and pushing first-quarter profit beyond expectations, the company said Wednesday. Profit:...

CEOs Richard Anderson of Delta, from left, Jeff Smisek of United Airlines and Doug Parker of American Airlines speak out on the unfair subsides Persian Gulf carriers receive from their governments during an editorial board meeting at the Tribune Tower on Tuesday, April 21, 2015.

America’s airline CEOs cry foul about foreign competition

May 25, 2019 at 1:05 p.m.

Chief executives of America's largest airlines brought their campaign against Persian Gulf carriers to Chicago this week, claiming three Middle East airlines benefit unfairly from government subsidies. On Tuesday, those...

Passengers wait at boarding gates of Southwest Airlines at Midway Airport in Chicago in July 2012.

Survey shows satisfaction with airlines at 20-year high

May 25, 2019 at 1:05 p.m.

Customers are more satisfied with airlines than they've been in 20 years, according to a well-known customer-satisfaction survey that seems to buck other assessments of the industry. Airline passenger satisfaction...

Airplane pays tribute to R2D2, ‘Star Wars’

June 16, 2018 at 5:48 p.m.

Maybe it's no Millennium Falcon, but Japanese airline All Nippon Airways will bring a little "Star Wars" to the skies by draping a new Boeing Dreamliner aircraft in R2D2 robot...

Spirit Airlines planes sit on the tarmac at Fort Lauderdale International Airport.

Spirit Airlines adds new routes from O’Hare

June 16, 2018 at 6:24 p.m.

Spirit Airlines, a carrier known for low base fares and a la carte fees, began operating numerous new routes in its network on Thursday, including two new ones at O'Hare...

Business travel spending expected to rise

August 23, 2019 at 12:12 p.m.

Spending on U.S. business travel will grow 3.1 percent this year, even as transportation costs moderate because of falling oil prices, according to a quarterly outlook report released Tuesday by...

Southwest to use wider seats in new planes

June 15, 2018 at 8:05 p.m.

Wider airplane seats. You read that right. In an era of shrinking aircraft legroom and personal space, at least in economy class, Southwest Airlines plans to add the widest seats...

A traveler shops last year at a store at O'Hare Airport's Terminal 5, the international terminal, which was remodeled beginning in 2011.

O’Hare’s remodeled international terminal racking up record sales

May 25, 2019 at 12:56 p.m.

Food and retail sales are soaring at O'Hare International Airport's international terminal, once dubbed an embarrassment, a year after a $26 million renovation was completed. And employment has nearly doubled....

United Airlines plans at O'Hare International Airport in 2013.

United Airlines to upgrade food for coach fliers on overseas flights

August 23, 2019 at 12:12 p.m.

United Airlines apparently has decided the way to customers hearts — and wallets — is through their taste buds, as the Chicago-based carrier on Wednesday will announce more food upgrades,...

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