Airlines Reporting Corp.
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Total U.S. travel agency air transactions processed through ARC in April 2012 decreased by 0.4 percent year over year
… The situation was reversed for international flights as transactions rose by 4 percent while fare sales dropped 0.9 percent. ARC also reported that total passenger segments for the first four months of 2012 increased 0.9 percent year over year.
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Total U.S. travel agency air transactions processed through ARC in March 2012 decreased nearly 5 percent year over year
the largest such decrease since April 2011. Domestic transactions retreated 5.5 percent and international transactions fell 6.7 percent. According to ARC , total air sales declined marginally to $8.3 billion.
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Total U.S. travel agency air sales processed through ARC in February 2012 decreased 0.4 percent year over year, the first such drop since October 2009
while total transactions dropped 4.5 percent from a year earlier. Both figures represent reversals from growth measured in January. Year-to-date, sales are up 10.7 percent year over year and passenger segments have grown marginally, according to ARC .
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Mega corporate travel agency air transactions processed through ARC in January increased by about 1.2 percent year over year
… Travel, the mega agency category in January was outperformed by both the "online" category, for which transactions increased nearly 4.2 percent year over year, and the "other" category, for which ARC recorded nearly 3.4 percent growth.
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U.S. travel agency air transactions processed through ARC in January 2012 increased 3.2 percent, the first month of rising volume since January 2011
Total sales jumped 10.7 percent to just under $7.3 billion, the largest increase in any month since February 2011. Domestic sales rose 10.9 percent year over year to more than $3.1 billion, outpacing the 3.6 percent increase in international sales. International transaction volume (up 5 percent),
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Mega corporate travel agency air transactions processed through ARC in December fell by 4.6 percent, the sharpest monthly decline of 2011
… Travel, the mega agency category in December performed better than the "online" category, for which transactions declined more than 9 percent year over year, but worse than the "other" category, for which ARC recorded 0.3 percent growth.
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The least expensive airfares processed by ARC in 2011 were purchased six weeks in advance of flight departure
According to ARC , the average fare for such tickets was 5.8 percent lower than the overall ..... guarantee they will receive the lowest price of the year," according to ARC managing director of data and analytics Chuck Thackston. "It is just what …
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U.S. travel agency air transactions processed through ARC in December decreased 4.6 percent year over year
… volume. The drop was the largest since July. Total agency sales, however, increased by 3.9 percent. For full-year 2011, ARC -processed transactions dropped 2.1 percent from 2010 and passenger segments fell 2.9 percent but ticket sales totaled a …
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ARC named travel industry veteran Bonnie Reitz as chairman of the board of directors
… agencies, uniquely qualify her for this role," according to ARC president and CEO Mike Premo. "In addition, Bonnie's knowledge ..... non-profit organizations will make her a great asset to both ARC management and the board as our only truly independent director …
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ARC reported a 'marked increase' in the issuance of unauthorized airline tickets
… period. Year to date through November, ARC reported 113 such incidents—with ticket ..... compared with 18 recorded in 2010. ARC blamed the increase on an " upsurge in ..... and issue unauthorized airline tickets." ARC is working with travel agencies, GDSs …
