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Arlington,
VA – July 2022 / Newsmaker Alert: Airlines
Reporting Corp. (ARC) has released data showing ARC-accredited travel
agency air ticket sales totaling $7.9 billion in June 2022, an 87% year-over-year
increase from June 2021.* The average U.S. round-trip air travel
ticket price was $605 in June 2022, a 33% year-over-year increase and a
4% decrease from the May 2022 average.
Month
over month, June 2022 results showed:
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Total
sales decreased 6%.
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Total
passenger trips down 5%.
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U.S. domestic
trips decreased 4%.
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International
trips decreased 7%.
“In pre-pandemic
years, we typically saw an 8-12% decline in total sales and passenger trips
from May to June,” said Steve
Solomon, vice president of global customers and data products at ARC.
“The smaller month-over-month decline in total sales and passenger trips
shows air travel demand remains strong for both domestic and international
itineraries.”
Total
passenger trips settled by ARC in June 2022 increased 23% year over year
from 17.5 million to 21.6 million, led by a 52% year-over-year increase
in international trips, which totaled 7.9 million. U.S. domestic trips
increased 11% to 13.7 million over the same period.
EMD
sales increased 67% year over year to $13,730,386. EMD transactions increased
37% to 233,258 over the same period.**
More
detailed information is available on ARC’s
sales statistics page. Additional breakdown of corporate, leisure and
online ticket sales can be found on the ARC
COVID-19 data page.
About
ARC
ARC
accelerates the growth of global air travel by delivering forward-looking
travel data, flexible distribution services and other innovative industry
solutions. We are a leading travel intelligence company that possesses
the world’s largest, most comprehensive global airline ticket dataset,
including more than 15 billion passenger flights representing 490 airlines
and 230 countries and territories. Our solutions and expertise strengthen
economies and enrich lives by connecting stakeholders across the travel
ecosystem. For more information, please visit arccorp.com.
Notes:
*Ticket
Sales
-
Results
are based on monthly sales data ending June 30, 2022, from 10,641 U.S.
retail and corporate travel agency locations, satellite ticket printing
offices and online travel agencies. Results do not include sales of tickets
purchased directly from airlines.
-
The average
ticket price (USD) is for a round-trip ticket settled through ARC for an
itinerary that included only U.S. domestic travel.
-
Passenger
trips include the total number of passengers taking a trip from one airport
to another using direct or connecting flights. Newly issued trips are added,
and refunded trips are deducted to provide a net view of traveling passengers.
-
U.S. domestic
passenger trips include the total number settled through ARC where the
itinerary is wholly within the U.S. International passenger trips include
the total number settled through ARC where some or all the travel occurs
to airports outside the U.S. or originates outside the U.S.
-
Total
sales are equal to the total amount paid for a ticket, which includes taxes
and fees.
**Electronic
Miscellaneous Documents (EMD)
-
Includes
fees for products and services such as upgraded seats, checked bags, an
unaccompanied minor, pet-in-cabin, etc.
Media
Contact:
Randy
Spoon
Manager, Content & Media
Relations
ARC
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