ARLINGTON, VA – ARC, the financial settlement link between airlines and travel sellers, reported today that the consolidated dollar value of airline tickets sold by US-based travel agencies rose 4.73 percent year-over-year in the first five months of 2014 compared to the same period last year, totalling $40.8 billion versus $39 billion in 2013.
Ticket transactions through May 2014 increased 1.89 percent over the same period in 2013 to 65.4 million. Year-to-date passenger segments increased 2.6 percent to 151 million compared to 147.2 million in 2013.
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- 73 percent year-over-year in the first five months of 2014 compared to the same period last year, totalling $40.
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