ARC Data

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Among Expedia Group sites alone, we see billions of air searches annually. Analyzing these massive data sets with our partners at ARC gives us smart insights that we can pass along to travelers.”

Julie Kyse
Vice President, Global Air Partnerships
Expedia Group

Overview

Powered by Global Air Sales

ARC is the trusted provider of settlement services between airlines and travel agencies, accrediting travel agencies, including travel management companies, leisure and online travel agencies, to sell airline tickets.

ARC’s data is derived from processing these travel agency sales transactions, including refunds and exchanges, on behalf of the airlines — and therefore, is more accurate than search or reservation data.

Monthly Sales Statistics

ARC’s ticketing data reflects both historical and future travel purchases.

$497 Billion

Airline Sales

13.5 Billion

Passenger Trips

231

Countries & Territories

490

Airlines

50,000+

Travel Agencies

3,000+

Airports

Airline sales for the period of
Jan 1, 2024, through Aug 31, 2024.

All-Inclusive View of Global Ticketing Data

In partnership with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), ARC manages the world’s most accurate and comprehensive air transaction data. This dataset represents 68% of all trips taken globally, more than any other source of air passenger travel data. This data is comprised of sales made through airlines for approximately 100 global airlines and airline sales made through travel agencies from around the world for more than 290 additional airlines.

Geographical Coverage

High-Quality Actionable Data

Timely

Receiving daily sales data from travel agencies and airlines — including bookings up to 330 days in the future — ARC offers timely access to critical air travel information.

U.S. Agency Sales Data

Flexible

ARC’s technology stack is designed to proactively deliver the data customers need in the format they require, enhancing efficiencies, creating value and enabling decision-making.

Data Delivery Option

Versatile

Organizations that leverage ARC data to make critical business decisions include airlines, travel agencies, destinations, research analysts, and public-sector institutions.

Customer Success Stories

Advanced

ARC’s cloud-based infrastructure and data warehousing is designed to adapt to evolving trends and a breadth of customer needs, ensuring continued relevancy in a dynamic market.

ARC's Technology

Products

Streamlining data intake.

With ARC’s data, customers gain customizable intelligence that can’t be accessed anywhere else — delivered however best fits your business need.

Application Programming Interfaces

ARC’s APIs source data directly from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and are available for ingestion into any customer source system. This delivery method allows customers to easily automate their data file intake.

Snowflake Data Sharing Capabilities

Snowflake’s Secure Data Sharing platform enables ARC to share a large portion of its global travel dataset with Snowflake users. With Snowflake Secure Data Sharing, users can easily query, ingest and analyze ARC’s data on demand, without the need for any additional data storage.

Business Intelligence Tools

ARC offers dynamic, web-based data visualization tools through Tableau. These data products enable customers to view broad travel trends and filter through airline sales data to gain insights into transaction details.

Data Feeds

ARC also offers data feeds to customers with a secure file transfer of requested data, which can be integrated into proprietary systems or combined with other data sets for analysis.

ARC's Data Products

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ARC’s data has played an important part in the monthly Travel Trends Index we prepare for the U.S. Travel Association. In particular, ARC’s forward-looking booking data provides an insightful window into near-term future air passenger trends. Added to that, ARC’s staff has consistently provided excellent service to support these custom reports. ”

Adam Sacks
President
Tourism Economics, An Oxford Economics Company