Good sales in January

Good sales in January
Foto: André Heller

Airline ticket sales and package holiday bookings were the main growth trends last month, the monthly survey by the TATS organisation showed. The 14.2% sales rise in the strongest booking month came on top of good comparative figures for January 2011.

Revenues from airline ticket sales soared by 21%. This reflects better demand for business travel, above all. Leisure travel sales increased by nearly 4%. This is likely to reflect higher bookings for smaller tour operators since both TUI Travel and Thomas Cook have lower bookings for the summer, according to their recent results.