WROORD From United States of America, joined Mar 2009, 810 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 5888 times:
they must see signs of moderate traffic recovery. Great news for Chi-Town.
Alangirvan From New Zealand, joined Nov 2000, 2091 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 5767 times:
Surely Chicago would make more sense as a city for bmi? They are a Star Alliance carrier, so they would have codeshares with UA. bmi does some selective codeshares on VS flights. Will ORD be one of them?
Timberwolf24 From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 562 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 5642 times:
Alangirvan From New Zealand, joined Nov 2000, 2091 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 5423 times:
Quoting Timberwolf24 (Reply 5): Quoting ETA Unknown (Reply 4):
And when will VS cancel ORD... again?!?
I going to say before it starts back up again.
stirthepot devil duck
ORD will be cancelled after summer season, because no one from UK goes to Chicago during the winter, do they? The plane will go some where WARM so UK people can escape a UK winter.
Does anyone from UK go to Chicago in summer, for a holiday? Why would they?
Bongodog1964 From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2006, 3016 posts, RR: 2 Reply 8, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 5177 times:
This in out in out policy strikes me as a really good way of ensuring that business travellers look elsewhere for their travel arrangements.
_AA_777_MAN From United States of America, joined Oct 2000, 161 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 5 days ago) and read 4191 times:
Quoting Timberwolf24 (Reply 5): I going to say before it starts back up again.
Eastern747 From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 377 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 4039 times:
In reply to the New Zealander about Chicago........There is more to offer in Chicago as a gateway to America than any city....Our lamb isn't as good, but we have alot more to offer...
WROORD From United States of America, joined Mar 2009, 810 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 3479 times:
Quoting Alangirvan (Reply 3): Surely Chicago would make more sense as a city for bmi? They are a Star Alliance carrier, so they would have codeshares with UA.
They have been for years on ORD-MAN route till the aircraft was moved to serve middle east/asian routes.
Quoting Alangirvan (Reply 6): Does anyone from UK go to Chicago in summer, for a holiday? Why would they?
Plenty of people. Chicago is one of the biggest convention markets in North America. Expanded McCormick Place and O'Hare area (Rosemont) have daily shows, meetings and exhibits. The winters are not that tragic here c'mon I can name places with far worse winters. The nickname "Windy City" comes from politics not the jetstreams.
NoMoreRJs From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 317 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 2812 times:
Chicago has it's bad days, but we all do.
Not to pick a fight with SFO, but many people here say the coldest winter they spent was a summer in San Francisco.
Yeogeo From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 790 posts, RR: 14 Reply 16, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 2797 times:
Quoting Alangirvan (Reply 14): I am sure the winters are not that bad, but it was someone from California who told me Chicago was the coldest place he had even visited.
There are Californians (the southern type) that think San Francisco is dreadfully cold, so take that into consideration!
PGNCS From United States of America, joined Apr 2007, 2511 posts, RR: 45 Reply 17, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 2790 times:
Quoting Alangirvan (Reply 14): I am sure the winters are not that bad, but it was someone from California who told me Chicago was the coldest place he had even visited.
Sevenheavy From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2004, 1126 posts, RR: 10 Reply 19, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 2397 times:
Quoting Yeogeo (Thread starter): Not sure this is "news". I hadn't known it was to be a seasonal route; I thought it was simply canceled.
Timberwolf24 From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 562 posts, RR: 1 Reply 20, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 2378 times:
Sevenheavy From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2004, 1126 posts, RR: 10 Reply 21, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 2352 times:
Quoting Timberwolf24 (Reply 20): True, so let me rephrase that then I going to say that they will announce a summer seasonal suspension before it starts back up.
Deal. I guess one of us is going to have to eat our words in about 8 months time
Yeogeo From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 790 posts, RR: 14 Reply 22, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 2280 times:
Quoting Sevenheavy (Reply 19): The route was never cancelled. It was always a seasonal suspension and it was always coming back in 2010
Alangirvan From New Zealand, joined Nov 2000, 2091 posts, RR: 1 Reply 23, posted (3 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 2031 times:
Quoting Alangirvan (Reply 18): Just to add to the gossip - in 2016, do you think Virgin Atlantic will fly UK people to the Chicago Olympics in A380s, 787s or other planes?
Wonder how many people will fly to the Chicago Olympics in 787s operated by any airlines?
I do not know how many a.net people are pleased or sad that Chicago missed out on the games. For me, as an outside observer I was hoping Chicago would be the one, but maybe your citizens are happy that Rio won.
After my questions about why would anyone want to go to Chicago, I am sure Chicago should be part of my next trip to America, especially to catch up with a.net people in the region.
Ckfred From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 4652 posts, RR: 1 Reply 24, posted (3 years 7 months 2 weeks 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 1777 times:
Quoting Alangirvan (Reply 6): Does anyone from UK go to Chicago in summer, for a holiday? Why would they?
Because you might be able to walk outside every day for a whole week without the need to carry an umbrella.
Quoting AmricanShamrok (Reply 9): I think they will just have it as a seasonal summer route from now on. Too much capacity on ORD-LHR during the winter me thinks.
The problem is that season routes are supposed to serve places that are popular with leisure travelers during high season, such as Florida, Rocky Mountain ski resorts, or the Caribbean in the winter, and Vancouver and Alaska in summer.
It seems to me that Chicago and London generate a fair amount of business travel year round. And with VS having a very good product, whether in the front or the back of the plane, you would think that it would try to go after the business travelers to sustain year-round flying.
Quoting Alangirvan (Reply 14): I am sure the winters are not that bad, but it was someone from California who told me Chicago was the coldest place he had even visited.
Obviously, your friend has never been to the Twin Cities. Winter weather in Minnesota makes northeastern Illinois seem somewhat tropical.
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