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O’Hare, Midway to wrap, jam on busy travel day

Nearly 1.8 million passengers are expected to travel through Chicago’s airports during the Christmas holiday week.

Airlines are projecting that Thursday will be the busiest travel day at both O’Hare and Midway international airports, with nearly 190,000 passengers are expected at O’Hare and nearly 63,000 passengers at Midway.

Both airports are featuring live blues and jazz performances from 2 to 5 p.m. Get the full story »

Analysts see holiday airfares rising, no late deals

Air fares are up dramatically this holiday season — so there’s no point in waiting for last-minute deals because they’re not going to happen, experts say.

“You have a lot more pent-up travel demand chasing fewer seats,” said Rick Seaney, chief executive of Farecompare.com. “There’s just no incentive for airlines to lower fares.” Get the full story »