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interfere with aircraft communications. i read to you from the petition that the airline trade group has filed saying that aircraft will not be able to rely on radio altimiters and thus will not be able to land at certain airports. we watch an american flight take off here, it will be fouled by the new 5g. carriers say no, we are going to do it anyway. we'll see, sandra. >> sandra: i mean, can we just add one more thing to the list? travelling is not pleasant right now. what is next, i can't tell you how many families i've spoken to over the holidays who decided to pack up the family minivan or suv and just drive wherever they were going, yeah. just to avoid all this. jeff, thank you. a chilly 30° in philadelphia, thank you.
parts of i-70. shelters have been opened for stranded motorists. the department of transportation has been steadily clearing and opening up stretches of that highway. more people will be flying compared to one year ago. an airline trade group credits the improving economy. more good news, sometimes no craft nation pays off. today and december 30 are expected to be the least congested days for air travel. the busiest airports will be atlanta, dallas, los angeles and jfk. here in new york there are expected to be 6 million visitors during this holiday season. there is extra security at churches and more security forces deployed throughout the entire city including the nypd
>> there's only 24 major vendors of that i didn't mean equipment talking 280 airports if the product is ready to go, they may meet that deadline, but then they have a training involved. >> reporter: the list of mandates has increased use of bomb sniffing k-9s and other measures too sensitive to be publicized. it's an alternative to the allout ban on electronic devices in the plane's cabin currently in place in nine airports in muslim majority countries. the new standards affect 280 airports and 180 airlines across 105 countries. airlines for america, another airline trade group, rates concerns the mandates could lead to significant operational disruptions and unnecessarily frustrating consequences for the traveling public. the department of homeland security says they're confident
they are forced to turn over communications to see if the companies limited the available seats. ticket prices have gone up 13 percent in the last five years and airlines are raking in record profits. the consumer sees no benefit something is rotten in the state of denmark. >> the public has to travel and it is very sad. >> it isnobody's best interest but the airlines. >> an airline trade group denies the charge meaning the airlines compete and customers win. >> macys joining to cut ties for the presidential candidate. the statements by donald trump which are inconsistent with macy's values.
9525. richard quest, cnn, new york. >> even though there have been several high profile air disasters in the past year an airline trade group says the global accident rate in 2014 was, in fact, the lowest in recent years. there were 12 fatal air accidents in 2014. according to new safety report from the international air transport association, compared to 16 aviation disasters the year before that. >> 2014 was the lowest number of fatal accidents since 2009. in all, the report says 641 air passengers died while traveling in the skies, well above the 210 killed in 2013. but 2010 had the highest numb of fatalities with 786 people dying. we're going to take a quick break here on cnn. when we come back in a few hours, italy's highest court will decide the fate of amanda knox the american convicted of killing her british roommate in
ticket for an airline, that is up 3% according to an airline trade group, and 31% since 2009. so the question is, with the record profits soaring stocks, billions in baggage fees and low oil prices, why is it the cost of a plane ticket getting cheaper? well, an airline trade group says, the cost of a ticket, and this is from 2013, they say there is more to it than just fuel. they say there's taxes, labor and other expenses make up large portions of that ticket when you buy an airline ticket. and they say they only get a sliver of profit. instead of lowering the prices, airlines say what they are doing with this extra money is they're reinvesting it into new planes, on board technology, other perks for passengers, which, by the way, some of those perks will come with a price tag. but airlines say they don't buy fuel the way drivers do. they have long-term contracts, so the prices are locked in.
welcome back. if you've started looking at airline fares, you know prices are way up. you just waited too long. >> that's it. the longer you wait to book your flight, the more you'll cough up. but there are some strategies to help you save hundreds of bucks. with more on that, here's abc's jim avila. >> reporter: planes are full, and that means higher prices for holiday travel. a new report from the airline trade group shows demand strong and planes flying at 85% to 90% capacity. nonstop ticket prices christmas week are nearly double what they were at the beginning of the month. and rising by the day. >> every day you wait, add about $7 to $8 each day you wait. >> reporter: the average domestic airfare is now $414 according to travelocity. a 9% jump over last year's
welcome back. if you've started looking at airline fares, you know prices are way up. you just waited too long. >> that's it. the longer you wait to book your flight, the more you'll cough up. but there are some strategies to help you save hundreds of bucks. with more on that, here's abc's jim avila. >> reporter: planes are full, and that means higher prices for holiday travel. a new report from the airline trade group shows demand strong and planes flying at 85% to 90% capacity. nonstop ticket prices christmas week are nearly double what they were at the beginning of the month. and rising by the day. >> every day you wait, add about $7 to $8 each day you wait.
and catch other emotions like disgust. humans can now join most animals who use smell to communicate with others. let's head to wall street where u.s. and asian markets suffered hard losses. the dow plunged 312, the s&p fell 33, the nasdaq tumbled 74. in tokyo the nikkei sank 135 points while in hong kong the hang sang shot down 532. in post election day drop for the dow, it was the fifth largest since 1900. as wall street responded to the elections with the sell-off that congress and the fears won't be able to avoid the fiscal cliff we told you about earlier. a california judge refused to issue a preliminary injunction to stop dish network's digital video recorder. airlines could be stuffed like turkeys this thanksgiving as an airline trade group estimates travel will be on the rise with ought most 24 million travelers
equal come kellog's sank. est ta lauder beat expectations. and after the bell, starbucks rose on higher profits. group on's ipo is on after the company increased its offering to 35 million shared and raised the price. the world's daily deals leader is valued at $13 billion. while an airline trade group predicts passengers traveling this thanksgiving will fall about 2% thanks to flight cuts, there won't be many empty seats or any empty seats. how's this for job jury trial? the foreign minister is not going to fire the accountants who made a $75 billion bookkeeping blunder. back on the drama in the playoffs. .