{"id":13351,"date":"2022-05-13T03:56:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T03:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/spending-on-us-air-travel-drops-1b-in-april-as-prices-rise\/"},"modified":"2022-05-13T03:56:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T03:56:05","slug":"spending-on-us-air-travel-drops-1b-in-april-as-prices-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/spending-on-us-air-travel-drops-1b-in-april-as-prices-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Spending on US air travel drops $ 1B in April as prices rise"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Consumers are becoming increasingly more hesitant to purchase airline tickets as spending dropped by more than a billion dollars in April. <\/p>\n
Last month, online spending for domestic flight bookings totaled $ 7.8 billion, a 13% decline from the $ 8.8 billion spent in March, according to new data from Adobe. <\/p>\n
NO MORE CHEAP FLIGHTS: DOMESTIC TRAVEL PRICES UP OVER 20% FROM PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS, REPORT SAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n
Overall, bookings declined by 17%, according to Adobe. <\/p>\n
Online spending was still 23% higher compared with April 2019, however, bookings were only up 5%. The wide gap, according to Adobe, underscores how consumers have been shelling out “considerably more for the same amount of service.” <\/p>\n
From March to April, prices alone increased 8%. <\/p>\n