Total air tickets sold in the week ending April 5 by U.S.-based travel agencies with at least 70 percent self-reported corporate and government business fell 95.7 percent year over year, according to Airlines Reporting Corp. For the week ending March 29, total air tickets sold by those agencies fell 94 percent year over year.
For the week ending April 5, total tickets sold and the total consolidated dollar value of tickets sold by U.S.-based travel agencies fell 92.3 percent and 95.4 percent year over year, respectively. Last week's average ticket price for a U.S. domestic roundtrip was $298, down 0.2 percent year over year.
For the week ending March 29, total tickets sold and the total consolidated dollar value of tickets sold by U.S.-based travel agencies fell 88.5 percent and 91.7 percent year over year, respectively. That week's average ticket price for a U.S. domestic roundtrip was $298, down 11.3 percent year over year.