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ARC
Data Shows Four Percent Increase
in
Air Ticket Sales for June 2018 vs. 2017
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June Average
Air Ticket Prices on Par with Last Year
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Arlington,
VA – July 2018 / Newsmaker Alert / Airlines
Reporting Corp. (ARC) announces that the consolidated dollar value
of airline tickets sold by U.S.-based travel agencies increased nearly
4 percent in June as compared to June 2017, totaling $7.9 billion vs. $7.6
billion.*
The average U.S. roundtrip ticket price for June 2018 was $502, or $2 cheaper
than the same time in 2017.
The
total number of passenger trips settled by ARC for U.S. travel agencies
decreased less than 1 percent to 23,703,696 compared to 23,834,133 in June
2017. U.S. domestic trips decreased approximately 2 percent while international
passenger trips increased nearly 2 percent.
Electronic
Miscellaneous Document (EMD)**
sales in June 2018 comprised nearly $6 million, a 5 percent decrease compared
to June 2017. EMD transactions increased 12 percent to 99,106 in June 2018
vs. 88,519 in June 2017.
New
this month, ARC has updated the method used to calculate passenger trips
both for new and historical data. The change will have a small effect on
several of the metrics ARC reports, such as number of passenger trips and
agency segmentation. This is an example of how ARC continually strives
to present more accurate industry information through data analytics best
practices.
More
detailed information is available on ARC’s
website.
About
ARC
The
Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) is the premier driver of air travel
intelligence and commerce in the travel industry with leading business
solutions, travel agency accreditation services, process and financial
management tools and high-quality data. In 2016, ARC settled $86 billion
worth of carrier ticket transactions for more than 7,000 travel agencies
with 12,000 points of sale. Established in 1984, ARC is an ISO 27001 certified
company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with offices in Louisville,
Kentucky, Tampa, Florida and San Juan, Puerto Rico. For more information,
please visit www.arccorp.com and
www.twitter.com/ARCtalk.
Notes
for Editors:
*Ticket
Sales
-
Results
are based on monthly sales data ending June 30, 2018, from 12,257 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.
-
Average
ticket price (in USD) for a roundtrip 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 either 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 of 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 luggage,
an unaccompanied minor, pet-in-cabin, etc.
Media
Contact:
ARC
Hillary
Smith
703-341-1207
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