Here’s data on travel agent ticket sales from the Airlines Reporting Corporation.
- 37% fewer tickets issued year-over-year
- 42% lower spending on tickets year-over-year
- Corporate sales down 40%
- Leisure sales down 37%
- Online sales down 36%
This data doesn’t include sale of tickets directly with airlines. Before the pandemic American Airlines was selling as much as $63 million a day on its website.
Airlines are still refunding as many third party sales as they are generating new sales. However overall it does appear that the number of cancellations is no longer greater than new bookings. That’s mostly because the trips that were booked before the pandemic have already been cancelled, but it’s a way of thinking about having truly hit bottom already. Now there’s nowhere to go but up.
I’m amazed that leisure sales are only down 37%. I’d have thought it would be something like 90% down. Who the heck is flying for fun right now?
I’m flying for fun – every week. No one gave me a reason to stop, so, why would I?
Air travel is up ~150% in the last two weeks. It’s climbing By tens of thousands of people every day.
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As more Americans realize we *massively* over reacted – especially as another medical school (the 3rd) came out and said – yeah, this is not really any more deadly than the flu….
People with brains are waking up and realizing we got had – big time.
So, they are using their brains and traveling. Should be an epic summer season for travel.
@ A fan… Well, it’s not as if all leisure travel is fun, vacation travel.
Some people fly for medical reasons, such as to a medical center for ongoing specialized care. Some people have elderly parents who are not housed in care facilities and may need assistance of one sort or another, etc. I could go on.
Non-business travel is a broad category,
Starting Thursday, I am heading out for an unknown an amount of time – since my office is remote, I’ll work remotely during the day and enjoy a national or state park in the late afternoon and evening. Time to cash in on 1.5 million Hilton Points and $45/night hotel rooms.