The retiring CEO of World Business Chicago urged Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday to “find solutions that work for the airlines” to salvage construction of a global terminal and two satellite concourses at O’Hare Airport that airline officials say are $1.5 billion over budget.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported last week that O’Hare’s two largest carriers, United and American, want to slow down, dramatically scale back or indefinitely ground the airport’s massive expansion project. The effort is bankrolled by airline ticket taxes, landing fees, concessions and other revenue sources at the airport.
