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Arlington,
VA – June 2019 / Newsmaker Alert / Cancun,
Mexico, continues to be the top destination for summer travelers flying
from the U.S., according to Airlines
Reporting Corporation’s (ARC) annual top 10 summer travel analysis.
This is the fourth consecutive year that Cancun took the number one spot
despite a 3.3% decrease in passenger volume when compared to the same period*
in 2018. Las Vegas (No. 5) saw an 8% increase in passengers, the highest
of the top 10 group. Average passenger counts and airfares across the group
were virtually flat, down 1.6% and 1% respectively when compared to the
same period in 2018.
Los
Angeles (No. 9) saw the second highest increase in passengers at 1.5% while
the average ticket price to Honolulu (No. 8) decreased the greatest, down
8%, when compared to last year. Conversely, passenger volume to Seattle
(No. 7) dropped 6.4%, and the average ticket price to Punta Cana, Dominican
Republic, grew by 4.7%.
“When
we took a holistic look at the top 10 summer destinations in terms of passenger
volume, we saw that the levels stayed steady and strong,” said ARC Managing
Director of Data Science, Chuck Thackston. “And since the average cost
of a ticket also remained effectively unchanged, vacationing in the U.S.
and abroad continues to be a great deal.”
The
top 10 summer destinations by airline ticket transactions include:
1.
Cancun, Mexico
2.
New York
3.
Orlando, Florida
4.
London
5.
Las Vegas
6.
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
7.
Seattle
8.
Honolulu
9.
Los Angeles
10.
Chicago
About
ARC
An
industry leader in air travel distribution and intelligence, ARC settled
$94.8 billion in ticket transactions in 2018 between airlines and travel
agencies, representing more than 295 million passenger trips. ARC provides
flexible distribution solutions, innovative technology and access to the
world’s most comprehensive air ticket transaction data, helping the global
air travel community connect, grow and thrive. For more information, please
visit www.arccorp.com.
*Notes
for Editors:
-
Results
are based on roundtrip air tickets purchased from U.S. travel agencies,
including online agencies, to worldwide destinations. Results do not include
sales of tickets purchased directly from airlines.
-
Travel
includes trips from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2018 and 2019.
Media
Contact:
Peter
Abzug
Director
of Corporate Communications
ARC
703-816-8158
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