Transportation

You might be spending a lot of your spring break traveling in a security check-in line. TSA workers are not getting paid because of the partial government shutdown and a lot of them have been calling out because of that.

Union leader Darrell English discusses how the partial government shutdown is straining TSA officers, causing longer airport lines, financial stress, and concerns over security and morale.

A ground stop was issued at O'Hare International Airport on Monday after a winter storm blanketed the region with snow and ice. 

Extreme weather conditions grounded flights all across the U.S. on Monday, including in Chicago. Kasey Chronis reports.

Nearly 500 flights at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport have been canceled and hundreds more delayed as a powerful storm disrupts travel nationwide and long security lines build after a morning ground stop.

Southwest Airlines plans to stop flying out of O’Hare International Airport and instead focus its Chicago operations at Midway. A transportation expert explains how competition with United and American at O’Hare, airline restructuring, and federal concerns about airport congestion could shape flight availability and travel costs in Chicago.

Southwest Airlines will discontinue service at O'Hare International Airport beginning this summer.

Chicago Tribune’s Alice Yin joins us to discuss the conflicting reports surrounding Sunny Naqvi, the Skokie woman who says she was held by ICE for nearly 48 hours.

DePaul professor and aviation expert Joe Schwieterman explains how the FAA stepping in at O’Hare Airport amid a dispute between United Airlines and American Airlines could affect travelers, cancellations, and refunds this summer.

The Federal Aviation Administration is set to meet with United and American Airlines to discuss reducing flights at O’Hare International Airport this summer.

A 23-year-old man reported missing after he was last seen at O’Hare International Airport has been found safe, Chicago police said.