destination. a silver liner, gas prices have gone down 9 cents over the past week and that is still $1.70 more than it was a year ago. we go to hartsfield jackson, that is why we find nadia romero. it is not too early for some determined travelers trying to avoid headaches. reporter: exactly right. good morning, boris and christy. you want to get to the airport early in case you have disruptions, maybe they could put you on a different flight or find anality rat route. but already flight aware said we re look at about 400 cancellations this morning and 535 flights delayed. and it is 6:00 this morning. and if you do make it to your destination, you re paying more this year compared to last year. let s look at cost for you. hotels up, about 23% more than last year.
going to be cancelled so we can know what to do. it s saying my flight was last seen near new york. it s not really saying. it s not really telling me what s going on. all right. so here is the lawsuitest tally, more than 1,300 flights in the u.s. have been delayed so far today. and it s only 9:00 a.m. eastern time and cancellations just other 400. aaa pretickets 3.5 million people will fly this weekend and additional 42 million people are expected to drive somewhere this holiday weekend. silver lining and as boris said last hour it s a very small silver lining for hours is that gas prices dropped about 8 cents other the last week. that s still $1.70 more than it was a year ago. live to the busiest airport in the country, nadia ramiro is in atlanta. we have been seeing enormous
will fly this weekend and 42 million are expected to drive to their holiday destination. the silver lining, gas prices have dropped more than 9 cents over the past week. but i mean, come on. that is still $1.70 more than it was about a year ago. oh, yeah. nadia romero joins us live from hartsfield jackson in atlanta. according to flight aware.com, 400 plus flights cancel and 600 delays. looking at the faces at some of the folks behind you, there is worry in that line, century isn t there? good morning. a lot of people asked have you seen it worst than that. and i said, yeah, the day after thanksgiving. they ran out of wheelchairs when i was here reporting on the day after thanksgiving. but today not a great day to come out to atlanta s hartsfield jacks. this is the tsa line, so when
silver line, gas prices have dropped more than 9 cents other the past week. that s still $1.70 more than it was a year ago. yeah. that is a very small silver lining. cnn s nadia romero live from heartsville jackson international airport in atlanta. how bad is it out there? reporter: i think people are trying to keep a smile on their face. you can see this group is pretty excited to be making their way through. so you have to stop so that they don t have too much of a backup once you get closer to the check point. this group making their way through right now. and you can see this gentleman here, mr. hor ris works for airport operations. he s been so pleasant today and festive. look at that festive hat on reminding everyone this is a holiday and to keep your good spirits. but you heard boris mentioned those flight cancellations really a domino effect that started yesterday with more than 580 flights cancelled on friday. the biggest impact at laguardia
millions are already traveling for what expert say will be the busiest travel weekend of the year so far. for the first time in a long while, gas prices declining. aaa says the national average for regular gasoline is now $4.84 a gallon. that s down 9 cents from last week. still, more than $1.70 than gas prices were a year ago. the high prices aren t keeping americans in park. how many americans are expected to hit the road this holiday weekend? if you ask aaa, they will tell you that nearly 48 million travelers will be out and about over the weekend for this holiday weekend. 42 million of those, such a big chunk there, expected to hit the