According to Dyninno's data, nearly 10 pc of travellers booked tickets over 120 days in advance in the first 3 months of 2022
Dyninno Travel the 7th largest travel consolidator in the United States, that operates International Travel Network, ASAP tickets, and other travel brands, says its sale of airline ticket for travel from the US to India have grown four times in the first quarter of 2022 as against the corresponding period in 2019.
According to the company, the number of tickets sold to passengers bound to India in January – March 2022 grew 4.4 times compared to its sales in the same period in 2019, thrice as much as in Q1 2020 and 5.6 times higher than in Q1, 2021. The average number of tickets per sale in 2022 also rose beyond the 2019 level, with 1.69 tickets per sale as against 1.52 in 2019, 1.53 in 2021 and 1.55 in 2020. The average price per ticket sold in the last three months was USD 1,745.
While the full effect of the pandemic on travel sentiment is yet to be over, the company says that travellers have started regaining confidence and are opting for long-term bookings. According to Dyninno’s data, nearly 10 pc of travellers booked tickets over 120 days in advance in the first 3 months of 2022.
Traveller sentiment can be gauged from the fact that 9 pc of them have booked over 90 days in advance. In addition, 17 pc chose their tickets over 60 days and 25 pc – over 30 days. The booking window of 0-30 days accounted for over 39 pc of advance purchases so far in 2022.
The data also showed that the top five preferred airlines among the customers include Air India, Qatar Airways, Emirates Airlines, United Airlines, and Etihad Airways.
Dyninno Travel also revealed that New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington and Dallas were the top departure cities for ‘friends and relatives’ travel accounting for more than 60 pc of the travellers bound to India from the US and the top five destinations for travellers include New Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore.
“Our research shows that 2022 will be a promising year for friends and relatives travelling on the US-India route. The industry underwent pandemic changes and got new travellers’ behaviour patterns. Remote work patterns and high vaccination rates drove people to families and friends travel and stays globally. So, this route has great perspectives as it has always been popular for family visits. We have been observing a recovery in air ticket sales since mid-year 2021, but the beginning of 2022 overcame our forecasts. It is an encouraging trend not just for Dyninno but also for the travel industry at large,” says Alex Weinstein, chairman and co-founder of Dyninno Group of Companies.
