Travel Agency Sales Through ARC Climbed Again in October
Results mark fourth consecutive month of increase >>
by: Harvey Chipkin
Travel agency sales through Airlines Reporting Corp. were up last month, climbing from nearly $1.2 billion in September to $1.4 billion in October. Sales in October were down 83% compared with October 2019, but this marks the fourth consecutive month of air ticket sales growth as the industry continues recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Chuck Thackston, ARC’s managing director of data science, said momentum in the recovery continues to fluctuate as rules change regularly in different US states as well as in other countries. He added, “We are encouraged by what we have seen over the past several months but understand that a full recovery will take time.” Month over month, October results showed: a 7% increase in the total number of passenger trips, US domestic trips up 3% and international trips up 17% (fueled by travel from the US to the Caribbean and Mexico). Electronic miscellaneous document (EMD) sales, which include checked luggage, seat upgrades, etc., increased month over by 33% for sales and 20% for transactions. Year over year, EMD sales for October decreased month over month by 55% to $3,057,166, and EMD transactions were down 44% to 66,235.
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