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（路透社华盛顿2月27日电）美国联邦航空管理局（FAA）周五表示，计划在今年夏季削减芝加哥奥黑尔机场的航班数量，称主要航空公司的航班班次安排过多。
美国联合航空公司（UAL.N）表示计划每日增加约200个航班后，美国联邦航空局将在3月3日与主要航空公司召开班次削减会议。美国航空公司（AAL.N）则宣布其航班增加幅度较小。美国联邦航空局计划在夏季飞行季（3月29日开始至10月25日结束）削减航班数量。
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目前的航班计划将使2026年成为奥黑尔机场有史以来最繁忙的夏季。
美国联邦航空局表示，航空公司公布的夏季高峰日每日航班起降架次（包括起飞和降落）将超过3,080次，而去年夏季的高峰日这一数字为2,680次。美国联邦航空局称，”增幅显著，将给跑道、航站楼和空中交通管制系统带来压力。”
美国联邦航空局表示，奥黑尔机场目前每小时平均处理约100次起降，即每日约2,800次总起降架次。该机构称，”考虑到目前的基础设施和人员配置资源，这一水平是可控的。”
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机构提出限制方案
该机构提议整个夏季飞行季将每日航班起降架次限制在2,800次，”以防止大规模运营中断，同时允许航空公司在机场已证实的可管理容量范围内运营。”
联合航空计划本月从芝加哥奥黑尔机场日均运营780个航班，高于去年日均541个航班的平均水平。该航空公司表示，其奥黑尔机场主航线航班数量较去年夏季增加20%。
美国航空公司去年12月宣布将增加100个每日航班，使其从奥黑尔机场飞往的目的地超过75个，以迎接春假旅行需求。与2025年相比，春季航班起降架次将增加30%。每日航班起降架次将从去年夏季的484次增加到今年夏季的526次。
美国航空公司赞扬联邦航空局和运输部长肖恩·达菲”采取积极行动，确保芝加哥机场跑道和空域的运营完整性。联邦航空局现在有机会在今年夏季为从芝加哥出发、途经芝加哥或到达芝加哥的旅客提供更优质的旅客体验。”
联合航空赞扬联邦航空局和达菲召集此次会议。该航空公司表示，”我们与他们一样致力于在奥黑尔机场安全可靠地运营，并期待在会议中进行合作讨论。”
联邦航空局局长布莱恩·贝德福德在闭门会议中告知航空公司，该机构对奥黑尔机场在增加航班后的夏季运营能力感到担忧，并指出该机构去年夏季曾召集过班次削减会议，削减了纽瓦克机场的航班以解决拥堵问题。
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FAA plans to reduce flights at Chicago O’Hare, cites boost in schedules
February 27, 2026 9:24 PM UTC / Reuters / By David Shepardson
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WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration plans to reduce flights at Chicago O’Hare airport this summer, saying major airlines have overscheduled flights, the agency said on Friday.
The FAA will convene a schedule reduction meeting with major airlines on March 3 after United Airlines UAL.O said it plans to add about 200 flights per day and American Airlines AAL.O announced a smaller increase in flights. The FAA plans to reduce flights for the summer flight season, which starts March 29 and runs through October 25.
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The current schedules would make 2026 the busiest summer ever at O’Hare.
The FAA said airlines have published schedules that show more than 3,080 daily operations – takeoffs and landings – on peak days this summer, compared with 2,680 daily operations last summer. The FAA said the “increase is significant and would stress the runway, terminal, and air traffic control systems.”
The FAA said O’Hare is currently handling about 100 hourly departures and arrivals each, resulting in about 2,800 total daily operations. The agency said that is manageable “given the current infrastructure and staffing resources.”
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AGENCY PROPOSES LIMIT
The agency is proposing to adopt a 2,800 per day limit throughout the season “to prevent large-scale operational disruption while also allowing air carriers to operate within the airport’s demonstrated manageable capacity.”
United plans to operate 780 flights a day from Chicago O’Hare this month, up from the 541 flights on average it operated per day last year. The carrier said it is increasing its mainline departures from O’Hare by 20% over last summer.
American Airlines said in December it would add 100 additional daily departures to more than 75 destinations from O’Hare in time for spring-break travel, which is a 30% increase in spring departures compared to 2025. Daily departures will rise from 484 last summer to 526 this summer.
American praised the FAA and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy “for taking proactive action to ensure the operational integrity of the airfield and airspace in Chicago. The FAA now has the opportunity to achieve an improved customer experience for passengers traveling from, to, and through Chicago this summer.”
United praised the FAA and Duffy for convening the meeting. “We share their commitment to running a safe and reliable operation out of O’Hare and look forward to a collaborative discussion,” the airline said.
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford told airlines in a closed-door meeting the agency was concerned about the ability of O’Hare to function this summer with the additional flights and noted the agency last summer convened a schedule reduction meeting and cut flights at Newark to address congestion woes.
Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Deepa Babington, Rod Nickel
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