martes, 30 de abril de 2013

Track Flight Delays 3 Days in Advance With New Early-Alert System

Most of us have experienced the agony of a flight delay, or worse: a cancellation. While you might not have to worry about flight changes caused by FAA furloughs for now, Mother Nature can always throw a wrench into your plans.

A new service brings travelers a "weather early-alert system" that predicts whether your flight will be delayed or cancelled because of weather — up to three days in advance. It all works by two companies working in collaboration: If you use Traxo for your travel plans (it's a digital organizer that keeps all your travel plans from multiple sites in one place), your itinerary will be sent to KnowDelay. It then figures out a prediction by analyzing how weather might affect airport operations.

Starting three days before your flight and up until six hours before, Traxo will then score your itinerary for the likelihood of a weather delay:

  • Red flag: High likelihood of delay (60% chance of a 30+ min. delay)

  • Yellow flag: Medium likelihood of delay (40% chance of a 30+ minute delay)

  • Green flag: Low likelihood of delay (less than 6% chance of a delay)

If your flight has a red flag, you'll get rebooking options and re-accomodation recommendations. Those alternative flights will also be scored for delay likelihood.

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"We already know there is a real need here, we estimate two-thirds of the flying public can proactively avoid weather related travel disruptions if they are provided with this kind of advance weather information," Traxo Founder and CEO Andres Fabris, said in a news release.

Do you want to know weather delays days in advance, or do you prefer to brave the elements and just show up at the airport? Let us know in the comments.

Thumbnail and lead image via iStockphoto, ollo. Screenshot courtesy of Traxo.

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