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 4.54 percent year-over-year in the first ten months of 2014 compared to the same period last year, totaling $78.1 billion versus $74.7 billion in 2013. Sales for October 2014 were up 2.24 percent at $7.5 billion compared to October 2013 at $7.3 billion.

Ticket transactions through October 2014 increased 2.46 percent over the same period in 2013 to 126.3 million. Year-to-date passenger segments increased 2.88 percent to 317.2 million, compared to 308 million in 2013.

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 rose 4.54 percent year-over-year in the first ten months of 2014 compared to the same period last year, totaling $78.1 billion versus $74.7 billion in 2013. Sales for October 2014 were up 2.24 percent at $7.5 billion compared to October 2013 at $7.3 billion.

Ticket transactions through October 2014 increased 2.46 percent over the same period in 2013 to 126.3 million. Year-to-date passenger segments increased 2.88 percent to 317.2 million, compared to 308 million in 2013.