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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The FAA continued to manage high air traffic levels in and out of the Chicago-area airports yesterday. The number of flights arriving and departing at O’Hare was more than 99 percent of the two-month average for a Monday and Midway flights were more than 91 percent of the two-month average. Today, traffic levels through 1 p.m. CDT were running above 97 percent of the two-month Tuesday average at O’Hare and above 90 percent at Midway. An FAA integrated transition team has developed a plan to transfer air traffic services back to the Chicago En Route Center in Aurora, IL during the night of Sunday, Oct. 12 and the early morning of Monday, Oct. 13. The team includes FAA employees from Chicago-area air traffic facilities, the adjoining en route centers, the FAA Command Center, and labor and airline representatives. FAA technical teams will complete equipment and system testing over the next few days at Chicago Center and conduct flight checks before they fully restore and connect the telecommunications network and other services at the facility. ###
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