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Gary taking a new tack to expand, land business for its airport
For many years, Gary/Chicago International Airport has offered its services as a reliever airport to help ease flight-delay pressures at Chicago's two airports. Yet there have been few takers among airlines or passengers, despite competition in the form...
Tags: Peotone, Midway, Will County, Michigan Avenue, Chicago Tribune
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Reporter's Notebook: 2 major carriers out of O'Hare fare poorly in satisfaction survey
The two dominant air carriers out of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, United Airlines and American Airlines, scored poorly in yet another satisfaction survey, this time by J.D. Power & Associates. And Southwest Airlines, the primary carrier out...
Tags: Southwest Airlines Co., Midway, Air Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, American Airlines, Inc.
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Editorial: An independent set of eyes
In the cold light of day, the 2008 contract between the city of Chicago and Chicago Parking Meters LLC looks a lot like a $1.2 billion payday loan. That's the apt observation of freshman Ald. Ameya Pawar, 47th, as the City Council prepares to vote on...
Tags: Richard F. Mell, Chicago City Hall, Chicago Mayor, Ameya Pawar, Local Government
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Voice of the People, May. 11
Promoting gambling Mayor Rahm Emanuel has made a video using the plight of Chicago's schoolchildren to promote the building of a casino in Chicago. This resurrects sad memories for many of us of the Illinois Lottery's self-justification in 1974 that...Tags: Naperville, Chicago Transit Authority, Judges, Charity, Chicago Mayor
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Midway's air traffic control tower to stay open overnight
Midway Airport has received a reprieve from possible overnight closings of its air traffic control tower, U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski said Tuesday. The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to announce Wednesday that 72 airports, including Midway,...
Tags: Waukegan, U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Southwest Airlines Co., Layoffs and Downsizing, Air Transportation Industry
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Midway Airport gets reprieve from overnight tower closures
Tribune reporterMidway Airport has received a reprieve from possible overnight closures of its air-traffic control tower, U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski said Tuesday. The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to announce on Wednesday that 72 airports, including Midway,...Tags: Waukegan, U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Southwest Airlines Co., Layoffs and Downsizing, Air Transportation Industry
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Chicago suburbs ready to play for new casinos
While lawmakers debate a plan to expand gambling in Illinois, some Chicago suburbs are already jockeying to cash in as hosts to the next generation of casinos. Waukegan, North Chicago and Park City in Lake County, along with six townships in southern...
Tags: Executive Branch, Religion and Belief, Illinois Governor, Chicago Mayor, Tourism and Leisure
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Trial set for cable repairman accused of 2006 slaying
When he and his fiancee moved to Chicago from their native Poland in 2001, Grzegorz Magiera imagined a future with the love of his life, raising kids and growing old together. Instead, nearly seven years after the killing of his sweetheart, Urszula...Tags: Lawyers, Biotechnology Industry, Murder, Chemical Industry, Trials
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Furloughs, weather slow operations at O'Hare
Mandatory unpaid furlough days taken Tuesday mostly by air traffic controllers at airports on the East Coast and at radar facilities in California, Nevada and Texas caused cascading flight delays across the nation, including at Chicago's two airports,...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Air Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, Laura J. Brown, O'Hare International Airport
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Brace for delays at O'Hare
Delays may average 50 minutes per flight at O'Hare International Airport this week because of fewer air traffic controllers in the tower until the federal budget sequestration is resolved, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. It would be the...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Budget Control Act of 2011, Air Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, Budgets and Budgeting
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Flight delays reported following furlough days
Tribune reporterMandatory unpaid furlough days taken Tuesday mostly by air-traffic controllers at airports on the East Coast and at radar facilities in California, Nevada and Texas caused cascading flight delays across the nation, including at Chicago’s two...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Air Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, Laura J. Brown, Career and Workplace
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Widespread flooding closes expressways, many streets
Flooding spawned by as much as 5 inches of rain closed the Edens, Eisenhower and Kennedy expressways this morning as a second wave of thunderstorms moves through the Chicago area. The Edens Expressway was closed between Foster and Touhy avenues and...
Tags: Highway Transportation, National Weather Service, Chicago Transit Authority, O'Hare International Airport, Montgomery (Kane, Illinois)
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