Air Travel Sales and Passenger Trips Grew Steadily in the First Half of 2023.
Airlines Reporting Corp. (ARC) today released data showing June 2023 U.S. travel agency air ticket sales increased 2% year over year to $8.1 billion.
International travel saw the biggest improvement from January to June 2023, with the total number of international trips settled through ARC increasing 22% year over year compared to a 5% growth in domestic trips.
Results for June 2023 showed:
| ARC Ticketing Metric | Total | Month-Over-Month Variance | Year-Over-Year Variance |
| Total sales | $8,098,227,889 | -10% | +2% |
| Total passenger trips | 22,276,370 | -8% | +3% |
| U.S. domestic trips | 13,620,896 | -8% | -1% |
| International trips | 8,655,474 | -7% | +10% |
| Average ticket price | $555 | -1% | -8% |
June marked the third month in a row that the average price of a U.S. round-trip ticket was below year-over-year levels.
Ancillary sales increased 79% year over year to $24,555,898. Ancillary transactions increased 62% to 377,122 over the same period.
More detailed information is available on ARC’s sales statistics page.
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