Total U.S. travel agency air sales processed through ARC in January increased 4.8 percent year over year, while total transactions grew 3.6 percent

from a year earlier to 13.2 million. Excluding refunds and exchanges, January domestic airfare sales and transactions processed increased 3.3 percent and 3.1 percent year over year, respectively, while international airfare sales and transactions processed increased 3.6 percent and 4.8 percent, respectively.