American Airlines expands Cleveland–Chicago service in main O’Hare progress push

CLEVELAND, Ohio – American Airlines is increasing its flying from Chicago O’Hare International Airport subsequent yr, including new flights to Cleveland and elsewhere.

The service stated it’ll add as much as three each day flights between Cleveland and O’Hare beginning in February, for a complete of seven peak each day flights between the 2 Midwestern cities.

The additions are a part of a broader spring enlargement in Chicago, which incorporates 100 new each day flights to 75 locations.

The enlargement will increase the competitors — for Cleveland vacationers and others — between American and United Airlines, which each function hubs at Chicago O’Hare.

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In current years, American has trailed United in its post-pandemic restoration at O’Hare. According to Travel Weekly, citing information from aviation analytics agency Cirium, American final yr provided 24.3% fewer O’Hare seats than it did in 2019, whereas United had restored 99.2% of its pre-pandemic seat capability.

American stated the brand new flights will carry its O’Hare schedule to greater than 500 each day departures throughout peak spring journey season — a 30% enhance in comparison with final spring — successfully restoring the airline’s pre-pandemic flying ranges on the airport.

The spring enlargement follows a busy 2025 at O’Hare for American, which added 29 new locations to Chicago, together with new service to Honolulu, Mexico City, Madrid and Naples, Italy.

In an announcement, Franco Tedeschi, American’s vice chairman of home airports and strategic partnerships, stated the airline’s new Chicago service strengthens world connectivity for Cleveland vacationers.

“The impact of service to Chicago goes far beyond the city itself to connect Cleveland to communities across the globe and give travelers more access to American’s expansive global network and beyond.”