Ahead of July 4 travel weekend, cancellations ease at O’Hare after days of challenges
Vinod Giripogu retrieves luggage in the baggage claim area in Terminal 1 at O'Hare International Airport on June 29, 2023. Giripogu, his wife and their daughter arrived from Raleigh, North Carolina, on Thursday following two days of canceled and delayed United flights, and they missed a connecting flight to their final destination of Hyderabad, India.
Thunderstorms in the Northeast throughout the week caused widespread cancellations, including at United, where it left flight crews out of place, the carrier said. That caused cancellations to ripple through the system to Chicago.Air travelers wait in the security check line at Terminal 1 for United Airlines flights at O'Hare International Airport on June 29, 2023.
With no change of clothes or toothbrush, he spent the night at a hotel near the airport. A rebooked flight was canceled, and the next flight Air Canada booked him on was for late Thursday night. He searched for a rental car but couldn’t find one available. United, for its part, expects O’Hare to be one of its three busiest airports over the holiday weekend, along with its other major hubs in Denver and Newark, New Jersey. The carrier is projecting the busiest day will be Friday, when more than 500,000 travelers are expected on the airline.
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