usairways.com Sets Record
ARLINGTON (theHub.com) - Ticket sales via usairways.com have experienced record-setting growth, with tickets purchased on our Web site now accounting for approximately 20 percent of the company’s total, more than double the total of a year ago.
Last week, revenue reached an all-time high by setting back-to-back record sales days of $4 million and nearly $5 million. On Tuesday, the Web site saw nearly 332,000 visitors – the highest number since February 2003. On Wednesday, usairways.com broke the previous day’s sales record by attracting nearly $5 million in ticket revenue by 265,000 visitors. A new record was set for the total tickets issued by usairways.com at 20,365. The week’s ticket revenue generated by usairways.com totaled $22.7 million, a 35 percent increase over last year at this time.
“We are very pleased with the strong growth of usairways.com. The upward trend in online sales allows US Airways to further reduce distribution costs, which is a key component of the company’s Transformation Plan,†said Ben Baldanza, senior vice president of Marketing and Planning.
Respectfully,
USA320Pilot
ARLINGTON (theHub.com) - Ticket sales via usairways.com have experienced record-setting growth, with tickets purchased on our Web site now accounting for approximately 20 percent of the company’s total, more than double the total of a year ago.
Last week, revenue reached an all-time high by setting back-to-back record sales days of $4 million and nearly $5 million. On Tuesday, the Web site saw nearly 332,000 visitors – the highest number since February 2003. On Wednesday, usairways.com broke the previous day’s sales record by attracting nearly $5 million in ticket revenue by 265,000 visitors. A new record was set for the total tickets issued by usairways.com at 20,365. The week’s ticket revenue generated by usairways.com totaled $22.7 million, a 35 percent increase over last year at this time.
“We are very pleased with the strong growth of usairways.com. The upward trend in online sales allows US Airways to further reduce distribution costs, which is a key component of the company’s Transformation Plan,†said Ben Baldanza, senior vice president of Marketing and Planning.
Respectfully,
USA320Pilot