US travel agencies’ flight ticket sales top $8bn for fourth consecutive month

US travel agency air ticket sales hit $8.7bn in April 2023, a 13% increase on the month in 2022,according to Airlines Reporting Corp. (ARC). April 2023 was the fourth consecutive month of sales exceeding $8bn and the second month in a row when the average round-trip air travel ticket price declined, to $551, a year-on-year fall of $34. Ancillary sales increased 70% to more than $25,1 million, as ancillary transactions increased 63% to 365,851. “Monthly sales totals through the first four months of 2023 point to a potentially record-setting year for travel agency air ticket sales,” said Steve Solomon, chief