This statistic shows the level of first class and business class airline booking activity in the United States from 2012 to 2016. During the survey in 2015, 67.4 percent of respondents said 11 percent or more of airline bookings were in first or business class.
For your 2015 year-to-date business travel air booking, what percentage of clients are purchasing 'front of the cabin'?
Characteristic
11% or more of bookings in first/business class
1-10% of booking in first/business class
0% of bookings in first/business class
2012
51.3%
44.6%
4.1%
2013
55.9%
38.9%
5.2%
2014
66.8%
30.9%
2.3%
2015
67.4%
28.5%
4.1%
2016
63.5%
31.4%
5.1%
0%25%50%75%100%125%
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Travel agency owners, managers and frontline travel agents who book luxury travel; base: indicate 50 percent or more of their portfolio is made up of business travelers.
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Travel Leaders Group. (September 14, 2016). For your 2015 year-to-date business travel air booking, what percentage of clients are purchasing 'front of the cabin'? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 30, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/468690/level-of-first-class-business-class-airline-booking-activity-us/
Travel Leaders Group. "For your 2015 year-to-date business travel air booking, what percentage of clients are purchasing 'front of the cabin'?." Chart. September 14, 2016. Statista. Accessed May 30, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/468690/level-of-first-class-business-class-airline-booking-activity-us/
Travel Leaders Group. (2016). For your 2015 year-to-date business travel air booking, what percentage of clients are purchasing 'front of the cabin'?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 30, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/468690/level-of-first-class-business-class-airline-booking-activity-us/
Travel Leaders Group. "For Your 2015 Year-to-date Business Travel Air Booking, What Percentage of Clients Are Purchasing 'front of The Cabin'?." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Sep 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/468690/level-of-first-class-business-class-airline-booking-activity-us/
Travel Leaders Group, For your 2015 year-to-date business travel air booking, what percentage of clients are purchasing 'front of the cabin'? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/468690/level-of-first-class-business-class-airline-booking-activity-us/ (last visited May 30, 2025)
For your 2015 year-to-date business travel air booking, what percentage of clients are purchasing 'front of the cabin'? [Graph], Travel Leaders Group, September 14, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/468690/level-of-first-class-business-class-airline-booking-activity-us/
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