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Eye on the Sky: Air Travel Delays

Aired March 07, 2003 - 06:44   ET

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HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: Travelocity's air traffic expert Rally Caparas, our "Eye on the Sky," was going to say eye on the storm, but hopefully not, back with us now today.
We're going to see a pretty good day for travel, right?

RALLY CAPARAS, AIR TRAFFIC SPECIALIST, TRAVELOCITY.COM: Gosh, an excellent day. Good news for those of you that are stuck in, I'm sorry, in hotel rooms that are waiting to see hey, am I going to get out today, because yesterday 350 cancelled flights into the busy Northeast airports. It was a nightmare.

So, if you're one of those folks that are flying out today, guess what, excellent conditions, on-time schedules all day long from Boston all the way down to D.C. You should get out when they say you'll get out today, OK, good news there.

Atlanta Hartsfield, we'll see some more rain. It'll mostly stay to the south of us. There'll be some thunderstorms that block flight routes into that airport. You can expect 30-minute arrival delays throughout most of the day there. The evening rush should be on time, however.

Houston's George Bush, another day of low clouds and fog. It should be gone by about noon Central Time. But until then, you can expect 30 to 45-minute arrival delays.

And then on the West Coast, Seattle-Tacoma, about 15 to 30 minutes extra time in the sky before they bring you in for safety. There's some low clouds and fog, a little bit of rain. That'll stick around for most of the day there.

The rest of the country, an outstanding day on a busy travel day for Friday.

I'll be back on Monday with the latest from Travelocity's "Eye on the Sky." Heidi, it's all yours.

COLLINS: Might not be as good as it is today, right?

CAPARAS: Well, we're hoping it is, that's for sure.

COLLINS: Yes. All right, very good. Thanks a lot, Rally.

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Aired March 7, 2003 - 06:44   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: Travelocity's air traffic expert Rally Caparas, our "Eye on the Sky," was going to say eye on the storm, but hopefully not, back with us now today.
We're going to see a pretty good day for travel, right?

RALLY CAPARAS, AIR TRAFFIC SPECIALIST, TRAVELOCITY.COM: Gosh, an excellent day. Good news for those of you that are stuck in, I'm sorry, in hotel rooms that are waiting to see hey, am I going to get out today, because yesterday 350 cancelled flights into the busy Northeast airports. It was a nightmare.

So, if you're one of those folks that are flying out today, guess what, excellent conditions, on-time schedules all day long from Boston all the way down to D.C. You should get out when they say you'll get out today, OK, good news there.

Atlanta Hartsfield, we'll see some more rain. It'll mostly stay to the south of us. There'll be some thunderstorms that block flight routes into that airport. You can expect 30-minute arrival delays throughout most of the day there. The evening rush should be on time, however.

Houston's George Bush, another day of low clouds and fog. It should be gone by about noon Central Time. But until then, you can expect 30 to 45-minute arrival delays.

And then on the West Coast, Seattle-Tacoma, about 15 to 30 minutes extra time in the sky before they bring you in for safety. There's some low clouds and fog, a little bit of rain. That'll stick around for most of the day there.

The rest of the country, an outstanding day on a busy travel day for Friday.

I'll be back on Monday with the latest from Travelocity's "Eye on the Sky." Heidi, it's all yours.

COLLINS: Might not be as good as it is today, right?

CAPARAS: Well, we're hoping it is, that's for sure.

COLLINS: Yes. All right, very good. Thanks a lot, Rally.

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