Southwest Experiences Outage, Many Flights Delayed
CHICAGO (CBS) - Many Southwest Airline customers experienced delays after a telecommunications outage halted some air travel Tuesday night. The outage happened around 6 p.m. and lasted for 90 minutes...
View ArticleAirTran Flight Attendants To Picket At Midway
CHICAGO (CBS) – AirTran flight attendants are heading to Midway International Airport Thursday morning, bringing their gripes to Chicago. As CBS 2’s Kris Habermehl reports, the flight attendants are...
View Article2 Arrested After Pointing Laser At Plane, Police Chopper
UPDATED 03/18/11 4:36 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Authorities have charged a woman and man for allegedly pointing a laser into the sky, in the direction of a commercial plane and a Chicago Police helicopter....
View ArticleDozens Of Southwest Airlines Planes Remain Grounded
CHICAGO (CBS) - Dozens of Southwest Airlines planes remained grounded Saturday after a close call on a flight Friday night from Phoenix to Sacramento, Calif. About 35 minutes into the Southwest Flight...
View ArticleSouthwest Cancellations To Continue Until Tuesday
UPDATED 04/04/11 4:45 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Southwest Airlines says jetliner inspections will continue Monday and could be finished by late Tuesday, in the wake of last week’s accident and emergency...
View ArticleStranded High School Choir Enjoys Chicago
CHICAGO (WBBM) – Eighty-two high school choir members from Albuquerque spent a day exploring Chicago and singing while they were stranded due to problems at Southwest Airlines. As WBBM Newsradio 780’s...
View ArticleSouthwest Completes Inspections Of 737s
CHICAGO (CBS) – After inspecting 79 older planes, officials at Southwest Airlines have found five of them that have cracks in the aluminum skin, less than a week after a hole ripped open in the roof a...
View ArticleSouthwest Airlines Flight Slides Off Runway At Midway
UPDATED: 4/26/11 6:22 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — A Southwest Airlines flight slid off the runway at Midway Airport this afternoon and came to a stop in muddy turf. Flight 1919 was arriving from Denver when...
View ArticleFlight From Midway Has Nation’s Worst On-Time Performance
CHICAGO (CBS) – The nation’s airlines slogged through a lot of cancellations in April, hurting their on-time performance. As CBS 2’s Kris Habermehl reports, the flight with the worst performance of all...
View ArticleNearly 10,000 Attend Transportation Job Fair At Chicago State
Updated 08/09/11 – 5:10 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — With renewed worries about the economy in the wake of the downgrade of the nation’s credit rating, nearly 10,000 people showed up for a job fair hosted by...
View ArticleMan Arrested After Forcing His Way Onto Plane At Midway
UPDATED 10/25/11 3:50 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — A South Side man was arrested at Midway International Airport Tuesday evening, after pushing his way onto a plane without a ticket or boarding pass. Elvis...
View ArticlePlaintiff: Airline Owes Me Free Drinks
CHICAGO (STMW) — Adam J. Levitt says Southwest Airlines owes him 45 free drinks, and he filed a federal lawsuit Thursday trying to get the airline to honor previously issued drink coupons. Levitt, who...
View ArticleSouthwest Airlines’ $19 Billion Order Biggest In Boeing History
CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago-based Boeing has landed its largest aircraft order in its history. Southwest Airlines, which has a hub at Chicago’s Midway Airport, placed the order for 208 planes, worth $19...
View ArticleReport Points To Controller Error In Near Collision At Midway
Updated 01/10/12 – 9:38 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a near-collision last month at Midway International Airport, involving a Southwest Airlines jet....
View ArticleHundreds Of Flights Canceled At Midway & O’Hare
Updated 01/12/12 – 10 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — After cancelling all flights most of Thursday afternoon due to the snowstorm, Southwest Airlines resumed a full flight schedule at Midway International...
View ArticleChicago-Bound Flight Diverted To Indianapolis
CHICAGO (STMW) - A Chicago-bound Southwest Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Indianapolis Wednesday because of a medical emergency. Flight 1628 from Atlanta, was supposed to land at Midway...
View ArticleAfter Power Outage, Midway Delays To Spill Into Weekend
CHICAGO (CBS) – A power outage on Midway’s airfield grounded dozens of flights and hundreds of passengers. The outage lasted for four hours. At CBS 2′s Courtney Gousman reports, delays will be spilling...
View ArticleWinter Storm Forces Airlines To Cancel Flights
Updated 12/20/12 at 9:00 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – With a snowstorm hitting the northwest suburbs on the way to the Chicago area, hundreds of flights were cancelled at O’Hare and Midway airports, in many...
View ArticleTips For Traveling Over Thanksgiving Weekend
In a matter of weeks, Americans across the nation will be traveling to visit loved ones for the Thanksgiving holiday. Although the vast majority of Americans will be traveling by car and staying in...
View ArticleSouthwest Cancels 130 Flights At Midway Due To Winter Storm
Updated 01/03/14 – 1:54 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Southwest Airlines cancelled more than 130 flights at Midway International Airport — including every flight through noon — as it tries to recover from a...
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