FAA clears JetBlue for O'Hare takeoffs.(Business)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October, 2006 | by Kukec, Anna Marie

Byline: Anna Marie Kukec Daily Herald Business Writer JetBlue Airways Corp. is expected to start service at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport by January - possibly the most frigid and most snowy month of the year. Luckily, the low-cost carrier has service to the Caribbean. JetBlue said Monday it has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration for four daily arrivals at O'Hare that should start by Jan.

27. It had amended its initial request last week that had sought eight arrivals. The FAA limited arrival times to one at 8:30 a.m., two at 11 a.m. and at 4 p.m. The agency has limited air traffic since November 2004 to alleviate congestion, FAA Chief Counsel James W. Whitlow wrote in a letter Friday to JetBlue. "We've been looking for...