Summer of Delays

Aug. 29, 2007 — -- The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to announce a contract for a high-tech satellite system Thursday that would allow more jets to fly in the same airspace, but that improvement that should ease travel delays will be too late for the 15.7 million Americans who are expected to fly this holiday weekend.

It's been a horrible summer for air travel, with cancellations nearly doubled from last year and more than 30,000 flights never getting off the ground.