ARC Reports Strongest December Sales Numbers in Four Years

ARC’s sales numbers for December 2009 were the strongest end-of-the-year numbers since 2005. Total airline sales reported and settled by ARC for December 2009 were more than $4.4 billion, the strongest final month of the year since 2005.
Total transactions, too, were comparatively strong, eclipsed only by December 2006.

Total fares in the final month of the year closed at $3.7 billion, or 9.2 percent ahead of December 2008 and just below 2007’s figure. Total sales in December 2009 over December 2008 were up 8.59 percent. Total sales for all of 2009 were down 17.29 percent compared to 2008. Domestic fares were 5.5 percent up in December 2009 over December 2008.

Total domestic sales year to date for 2009 were down 17.3 percent from 2008. Domestic transactions were up 6.66 percent in December 2009 over December 2008 and were down 6.7 percent for the entire year. International fares were up 14.19 percent December 2009 over December 2008 and were down 19.50 percent for all of 2009 from 2008.