Chicago Affected By Travel Slowdown

The Chicago Tribune reports:

Flights to O'Hare during the fourth quarter will be down 11 percent from 2007 levels and a whopping 23 percent from the same period in 2000, according to data compiled exclusively for the Tribune by OAGback Aviation Solutions.

But the falloff in airline traffic and tourism could be much steeper in 2009, analysts warn.

Those high Chicago taxes can't help.