ARC half-year report indicates falling airfares

The dollar value of U.S. airline ticket sales through travel agencies through the first six months of 2015 fell 0.9% from the same period a year earlier, while the number of transactions through agencies rose 4.9%, ARC said.

Through June, sales totaled $48 billion and transactions were 81.2 million.

Last year, ARC sales rose 4% from a year earlier, to $89.6 billion, and transactions rose 2.4%.