Total air tickets sold in the week ending March 22 by U.S.-based travel agencies with at least 70 percent self-reported corporate and government business fell nearly 90 percent year over year, according to Airlines Reporting Corp.
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For the week ending March 22, total tickets sold and the total consolidated dollar value of tickets sold by U.S.-based travel agencies fell 80 percent and 63.2 percent year over year, respectively. Last week's average ticket price was $336, down 7.6 percent year over year.
For the week ending March 15, total tickets sold and the total consolidated dollar value of tickets sold by U.S.-based travel agencies fell 45.2 percent and 43.6 percent year over year, respectively. For the week ending March 8, total tickets sold and the total consolidated dollar value of tickets sold declined 25.5 percent and 22.2 percent year over year, respectively. For the week before that, total tickets sold and the total consolidated dollar value of tickets sold fell 15.5 percent and 8.9 percent year over year, respectively.