Chicago Turfwar: Inside American And United’s Battle For Supremacy At O’Hare

Chicago-O’Hare International Airport (ORD) is not just a mega-airport, but also one of the only places in the United States where two legacy airlines can go toe-to-toe at true airport hub scale. American Airlines and United Airlines, the latter of which is headquartered in Chicago itself, are in the midst of one of the highest-stakes and most well-documented turf wars in the American aviation industry.