US travel agents air ticket sales up 5 percent

ARLINGTON, Va. – ARC, the financial settlement link between airlines and travel sellers, reported today that the consolidated dollar value of airline tickets sold by U.S.-based travel agencies increased 5.48 percent year-over-year in the first half of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011, and 13 percent over the same period in 2010.

From January through June 2012, ticket sales totalled $46.4 billion, compared to $44 billion in 2011, and $41 billion in 2010.