ARC has issued a correction to its agency sales data reported last week. ARC said that the consolidated dollar value of airline tickets sold by U.S.-based travel agencies increased nearly 11 percent to 10.7 percent year-over-year in the first two months of 2012. (Not 5 percent as reported earlier.)
This compares to the same period in 2011 and 23 percent over the same period in 2010. January and February 2012 ticket sales totaled $14.9 billion, compared to $13.5 billion in 2011, and $12.1 billion in 2010.
Year-to-date passenger segments for the first two months of 2012 increased slightly by 0.57 percent – at 54.5 million segments, compared to 54.2 million in 2011 – while reflecting a -0.23 percent decrease over the same period in 2010.
Ticket transactions for January and February 2012 were up, at +4.41 percent compared to the same period in 2011, while up by +5.00 percent over the same period in 2010.
Results are based on sales data ending February 29, 2012 from 13,992 U.S. retail and corporate travel agencies, satellite ticket printing offices, and online travel agencies, ARC said. It does not include sales of tickets purchased directly from airlines. Total sales are equal to the total amount paid for a ticket, which includes taxes and fees, ARC said.
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