Total U.S. travel agency air sales processed through ARC in March decreased 4.2 percent year over year,

while total transactions fell 3.3 percent from a year earlier to about 13 million. Excluding refunds and exchanges, March domestic airfare sales and transactions processed decreased 7.6 percent and 4.3 percent year over year, respectively, while international airfare sales and transactions processed decreased 3.1 percent and 1 percent, respectively.