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United Airlines is pausing some flights to this Arizona city. What flyers should know
United Airlines recently adjusted its flight schedule and an Arizona city will lose a flight to the Windy City this summer.
United will suspend a handful of routes for the summer months, including a nonstop flight between Tucson International Airport and Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
The airline will discontinue the route for about three months. It was previously suspended over the summer months in 2019 and 2023, United spokesman Brian Hammel said in an email.
United will continue operating its three other nonstops at Tucson this summer, to Denver, Houston and San Francisco.
Here’s what to know about the suspended flight and other ways to get to Chicago from Tucson.
Also suspended: Delta cuts flights from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport to this major East Coast city
When is United Airlines suspending its Tucson-Chicago flights?
United Airlines will temporarily stop its nonstop service between Tucson and Chicago starting May 23, United’s website showed.
Nonstop flights between the two cities are scheduled to resume on Aug. 19.
Why are the Tucson-Chicago flights suspended?
United Airlines confirmed the route was suspended for the summer but did not explain why when asked.
Generally speaking, airlines adjust their schedules based on aircraft availability, staff availability and consumer demand.
Such adjustments are common. Last year, American Airlines cut about 2,800 flights to and from Phoenix from its summer schedule. Responding to questions about the cuts from The Arizona Republic, American’s staff said the airline sets a “placeholder schedule” 331 days in advance and then adopts a final schedule 100 days in advance.
Can I still fly to Chicago from Tucson?
Flyers can still fly on United from Tucson to Chicago while nonstop service is suspended, but the flight will require a layover.
American Airlines flies nonstop between Tucson and Chicago O’Hare International Airport, the same airport United serves.
Southwest Airlines offers nonstop service between Tucson and Chicago Midway Airport.
New at Tucson airport: Where its latest Southwest Airlines nonstop goes
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – “I witnessed a drowning when I was 10, and it affected me,” said Tracy Richards. “I saw the mom’s face afterwards, and I vowed that I would never see that again. I was 10, and I vowed at that point I would never watch another child drown.
At 15, Tracy started teaching swim lessons. Today, she is a swim instructor at the Village in Gainey Ranch.
“I mean, you hear about the near drownings and people say, ‘oh, but they survived.’” Sometimes, that’s not the quality of life that anyone would like,” she said.
Statistics from the Children’s Safety Zone show that from Jan. 1 to May 11, 2024, 18 deaths resulted from 43 water-related incidents. That includes seven children up to the age of 5.
“I mean I think every parent’s worse fear is you walk outside, and your kid is in the pool, and you didn’t see it – whether they’re still trying to kick or God forbid, there is a drowning because especially in Arizona, you hear about it so much,” Taylor Bellow said. “We have so many pools.”
Taylor Bellow didn’t want to take any chances with her 2-year-old son, Brexton. He started lessons a few months ago.
“My parents live very close to us. We are over there all the time, and they do not have a pool fence, so we opted to make sure that, even though he is not really interested in the pool before we started swim, there’s just always that maybe, so we wanted him to learn to maybe flip over, float and get to the side,” said Bellow.
Group swim lessons vary in size, anywhere from two to five kids. Richards starts her lessons at 9-months-old because the U.S. Centers for Disease Control says children ages 1-4 have the highest drowning rate.
“It’s a process for everyone, but they all learn to get to the wall. They learn to roll and float on their back,” she said. “All those things not necessarily in the same order, but learning those things is important because most kids don’t fall into the middle of a pool, they fall by the side, so if you teach them to roll over and get to the side right away, it’s a good thing.”
Richards runs a number of different programs that teach children the importance of water safety, including mommy and me classes and a unique swim and read program, where she uses phonics and familiar words for the fun of swimming.
All these years after witnessing that drowning, Richards is even more passionate about saving lives because she says drowning is 100% preventable.
“It’s OK for them to be uncomfortable to learn the process because crying during the process is a lot better than never crying again,” she said.
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