Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) reported (27-Apr-2020) the following consolidated airline ticket volume variances for the seven days ended 26-Apr-2020, representing the sales generated by US travel agencies and processed through the ARC settlement system:
- Tickets issued for all itineraries:
- Ticket variance: -37.45% year-on-year;
- Sales variance: -42.09%;
- Variances in tickets sold by segment for all itineraries:
- Corporate: -39.76%;
- Leisure/other: -37.12%;
- Online: -36.08%.
These results do not include sales of tickets purchased directly from airlines and are not net of refunds or exchanges. [more - original PR]