New year-round, non-stop flights from Vancouver to Chicago

Downtown Chicago and Chicago River at sunset. (Shutterstock)

Vancouver will soon have another direct connection to the Windy City and one of the busiest airports in the world.

American Airlines announced today it is commencing a new non-stop, daily service between Vancouver International Airport (YVR) and Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD).

The new service will begin on May 4, 2018 using a 160-seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Flights depart YVR at 11 pm and arrive at 5:14 am the next day while return flights leave at 8:35 pm and land at YVR at 11:14 pm. Business class cabin, main cabin extra eating, and in-flight Wi-Fi will be offered.

Passengers from Vancouver will be able to connect to other flights at Chicago, including American Airlines’ 130 routes serving its hub at O’Hare.

“American has proudly served Canada for more than 75 years and the country remains a key part of our growing global network,” said Richard Muise, American Airliness’ director of Canadian Airport Operations, in a statement.

“These new flights, combined with additional capacity across the country, reflect the growing demand for travel over the border in both directions.”

American Airlines will be YVR’s third service to ORD, joining Air Canada and United Airlines. It also operates routes from Vancouver that fly to Dallas-Fort Worth, Los Angeles, and Phoenix.

New and improved major YVR routes 2016-18

January 1, 2016: Orlando International Airport – WestJet to begin twice weekly non-stop seasonal flight service.
January 20, 2016: Orlando-Sanford International Airport – National Airlines to begin two times weekly seasonal flight service.
February 15, 2016: Cancun, Mexico – Air Canada to begin weekly, non-stop seasonal service.
May 1, 2016: London Heathrow Airport – British Airways to use an AirBus A380 superjumbo jet for its existing daily non-stop London Heathrow Airport service. The A380 will only be used during the summer months.
May 6, 2016: London Gatwick Airport – WestJet to begin six times weekly non-stop flight service.
May 9, 2016: Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport – Air Canada to begin twice daily, non-stop service to San Jose.
June 1, 2016: Brisbane, Australia – Air Canada to begin daily non-stop flight service.
June 2, 2016: San Diego International Airport – Air Canada to begin daily, non-stop seasonal service.
June 4, 2016: Chicago O’Hare International Airport – Air Canada to begin daily, non-stop service.
June 10, 2016: Dublin Airport – Air Canada to begin seasonal, three times weekly non-stop flight service.
June 29, 2016: London, Ontario – WestJet to begin four times weekly non-stop seasonal flight service.
June 29, 2016: Halifax, Nova Scotia – WestJet to begin four times weekly non-stop seasonal flight service.
June 30, 2016: Hamilton, Ontario – WestJet to begin three times weekly non-stop seasonal flight service.
July 25, 2016: Xiamen, China – Xiamen Airlines to begin three times weekly non-stop flight service.
October 20, 2016: Delhi, India – Air Canada to begin three times weekly non-stop flight service.
December 1, 2016: Mexico City, Mexico – Aeromexico increases weekly flights from 14 to 20.
December 20, 2016: Nanjing, China – China Eastern Airlines to begin three times weekly non-stop flight service.
December 30, 2016: Hangzhou, China via Qingdao, China – Beijing Capital Airlines to begin three times weekly service.
February 5, 2017: Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas – Air Canada to begin daily service.
March 28, 2017: Hong Kong, China – Cathay Pacific increases weekly flights from 14 to 17.
May 1, 2017: Phoenix, Arizona – Air Canada to begin daily service.
May 18, 2017: Denver, Colorado – Air Canada to begin twice daily service.
June 1, 2017: Nagoya, Japan – Air Canada to begin seasonal three times weekly service.
June 1, 2017: Frankfurt, Germany – Air Canada to begin daily service.
June 8, 2017: Taipei, Taiwan – Air Canada to begin daily service.
June 8, 2017: London, UK (Gatwick Airport) – Air Canada to begin three times weekly service.
June 23, 2017: Boston, Massachusetts – Air Canada to begin daily summer seasonal service.
June 30, 2017: Hong Kong, China – Hong Kong Airlines to begin daily non-stop flight service.
October 14, 2017: Delhi, India – Air Canada’s service to be upgraded to up to five times weekly.
October 26, 2017: Cancun, Mexico – Interjet to begin year-round, non-stop flight service running four times weekly.
October 26, 2017: Mexico City, Mexico – Interjet to begin year-round, non-stop flight service running four times weekly.
October 29, 2017: Huatulco, Mexico – WestJet to begin weekly non-stop flight service.
October 29, 2017: Kona and Kauai, Hawaii – WestJet to start seasonal service earlier than usual.
December 1, 2017: Melbourne, Australia – Air Canada to begin four times weekly non-stop seasonal service.
December 15, 2017: Yellowknife, Northern Territories – Air Canada to begin daily non-stop service.
December 20, 2017: Orlando International Airport – Air Canada to begin twice weekly non-stop seasonal service.
January 1, 2018: Reykjavík, Iceland – Icelandair to upgrade existing seasonal service to three times weekly year-round service.
March 18, 2018: Mexico City, Mexico – WestJet launches three times weekly year-round service.
April 29, 2018: Mexico City, Mexico – WestJet service to be upgraded into daily year-round service.
May 4, 2018: Chicago O’Hare International Airport – American Airlines to begin year-round, daily service.
June 1, 2018: Melbourne, Australia – Air Canada service to be upgraded into three times weekly year-round.
June 7, 2018: Zurich, Switzerland – Air Canada to begin three times weekly seasonal service.
June 8, 2018: Paris, France – Air Canada to begin four times weekly seasonal service.

New and improved major YVR routes 2016-18

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