The number of March trips sold by U.S. corporate agencies, those with at least 70 percent self-reported corporate and government business, dropped year over year for the third month in a row, according to the latest report from Airlines Reporting Corp.
The March figure was down 0.82 percent year over year, after declining 2.9 percent in February and 0.44 percent in January.
March total U.S. sales reached $9.3 billion, a decline of 0.2 percent year over year. Total passenger trips reached nearly 27.2 million, an increase of 6.3 percent. The number of domestic trips increased nearly 6.9 percent to almost 16.8 million, while international trips were up 5.5 percent to more than 10.3 million.
New Distribution Capability transactions accounted for 20.3 percent of the March total ARC reported and settled, compared with the 18.6 percent reported in March 2024, with a total of 890 agencies reporting NDC transactions.
The March average price of a U.S. domestic roundtrip ticket was $536, down from both the $571 reported in March 2024 and the $562 reported in February 2025.
The average price in March for an economy-class ticket declined 3 percent year over year to $471. The average price for a premium-class ticket for the same period was down 1 percent to $1,237.
"Monthly U.S. travel agency air ticket sales rebounded in March after a dip in February," ARC chief commercial officer Steve Solomon said in a statement. "Overall, air travel demand grew slightly more than 3 percent in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, despite global geopolitical uncertainties."
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