This is the cbs weekend news. We left a lot more time to travel because we thought it would take a long time to get here and were told to get here earlier than normal. Reporter nationwide more than 60 flights were cancelled and over 1900 delayed. Many of them in snowy chicago according to flight aware, and those numbers were expected to increase. And without a doubt the travel for the yearend holiday has a lot to do with airfares being lower and airfares about 20 lower compared to last year. Robert sinclair is a spokesperson for triple a which estimates that Holiday Travel will set a record for the 9th consecutive year. We think that its totally linked to the economy. Folks have more money in their pockets and taking advantage and spending it by taking a trip. The greatest number of travelers, more than 97 million of them are expected to take to the roads. Where a band of Winter Weather has already created dangerous conditions from nebraska all the way to maine. About 70 of the United
This is the cbs weekend news. Morgan good evening, im Demarco Morgan. Slow going this Christmas Eve. Its tough driving across much of the u. S. Not only because millions of americans hit the roads but they are being hammered by bad weather. And at the nations airports long lines because air travel is expected to increase this year by about 4 percent to 6. 4 million flyers. Tony dokoupil has more. Reporter americas roads and runways runnette over this weekend and not in a good way as millions of Holiday Travelers gave each other gridlock for christmas. Yesterday traffic at Los Angeles International airport was bumper to bumper. Today things were moving a little better. Across the coast at newark International Airport in new jersey, there was a controlled chaos. I figured everybody would be in for the holidays but i guess this is a huge travel day. We left a lot more time to travel because we thought it would take a long time to get here and were told to get here earlier than normal. Rep