Tickets for Youngstown to Chicago flights expected to start selling soon

VIENNA

Within a couple weeks, Aerodynamics Inc. expects to begin selling tickets for flights between Chicago and the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport that are likely to begin in early May.

The airline, which recently got approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation to offer the flights, still has some safety and operational issues to finalize with the FAA before it can set an official start date, said Dan Dickten, Youngstown’s director of aviation.

The company is proposing 10 flights per week between Youngstown and Chicago O’Hare International Airport on 50-passenger aircraft. Dickten said the goal will be take people to Chicago, where they can connect with flights to anywhere in the world – “an option people haven’t had in 14 years.”

A target date for the flights to begin is May 2, and a target date to begin selling tickets is March 3, Dickten said.

Read more about the new service in Thursday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.