You Can Now Fly to Every Continent Direct from Chicago

Holiday Travel
In this Dec. 21, 2017, photo, a commercial airplane makes its final approach into O'Hare International Airport over Elk Grove Village, Ill. Charles Rex Arbogast / AP Photo
Holiday Travel
In this Dec. 21, 2017, photo, a commercial airplane makes its final approach into O'Hare International Airport over Elk Grove Village, Ill. Charles Rex Arbogast / AP Photo

You Can Now Fly to Every Continent Direct from Chicago

WBEZ brings you fact-based news and information. Sign up for our newsletters to stay up to date on the stories that matter.

Chicago travelers can now fly directly from O’Hare airport to every continent except Antarctica. Air New Zealand’s non-stop flight to Auckland marks the first-ever direct route to the Australasia region from the Midwest. Another game-changing direct flight out of O’Hare now takes travelers to Ethiopia. We’ll discuss how the flights are changing travel out of the United States with Nina Kokotas Hahn, a Chicago-based travel and lifestyle writer, environmentalist, and contributor to Chicago Magazine, Conde Nast Traveler and Travel + Leisure.