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Air passengers' preferences for booking tickets 2017

U.S. air passengers' preferred channels to book flights in 2017, by category

The data depicts the results of a 2018 survey among U.S. air travelers based on their preferences for booking channels in 2017, with a breakdown by type of travel. For domestic flights, some 55% of the respondents used the airline's website to book their tickets for personal flying purposes, while on international flights 40% of them said they book travel from an online travel agency.

Airline website 55 40 39 34
Online travel agency 36 40 29 38
Traditional or corporate travel agency 3 11 16 13
Airline reservation/ ticketing agent 4 7 11 13
Other 1 3 6 2