U.S. Travel Agencies Close 1Q with 4.55% Increase in Air Ticket Sales
Press release from the issuing company
Wednesday, April 16th, 2014
ARC, the financial settlement link between airlines and travel sellers, reported Monday that the consolidated dollar value of airline tickets sold by U.S.-based travel agencies rose 4.55 percent year-over-year in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same period last year, totalling $24 billion versus $23 billionin 2013.
March 2014 ticket transactions increased 2.57 percent over the same period in 2013 to 39.5 million. Year-to-date passenger segments increased 2.4 percent to 87.3 million compared to 85.3 million in 2013.
More detailed information is available at https://www.arccorp.com/news/stat/2014-03.jsp.
