There were approximately 2.25 billion domestic trips taken in the United States in 2022. Around 1.88 billion of these were taken by leisure travelers. Both the number of business and leisure trips were forecast to increase annually between 2023 and 2027.

Global business tourism spending was estimated to reach approximately 1.5 trillion U.S. dollars in 2024, which represents a full recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Business travel is a branch of the tourism industry focusing on trips made for work-related purposes. Attending congresses, meetings, and trade fairs, for instance, are among the main activities related to this market. How did the COVID-19 pandemic hit domestic and international business trips? After the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020, companies worldwide had to revisit their trip plans, as different restrictions adopted across the world disrupted global travel. According to a study by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the share of companies canceling most or all domestic business trips worldwide reached 38 percent as of October 2021. Meanwhile, almost eight in ten surveyed firms suspended international business travel as of the same month. Which company spent the most on booked air volume in the U.S.? As the pandemic hit the business travel market hard in 2020, it comes as no surprise that the volume of air tickets purchased by companies in the United States experienced a sharp decline due to the health crisis. While Deloitte spent over 583 million U.S. dollars on air travel in 2019, it reported an expenditure of 97 million U.S. dollars in 2020. That year, the company ranked as the second leading air travel spender in the U.S. behind Amazon.

Around one-quarter of travel managers surveyed in the United States at the beginning of 2022 believed that the business travel spending in their company for trips to Europe would be higher in that year than in pre-pandemic times. By contrast, only seven percent of U.S. respondents expected the same regarding business trips to Africa.

The volume of air tickets purchased by Amazon in the United States amounted to 483 million U.S. dollars in 2023, which positioned this company as the leading corporate travel spender in the North American country. Deloitte followed in the ranking that year.

This statistic gives the results of a Statista survey among Americans taken in April 2017 regarding air travel for business trips and broken down by travel class. During the survey, some 20 percent of the respondents boarded a first class flight for their business trips.

In 2022, 19 percent of passengers at Heathrow Airport were traveling for business purposes. Meanwhile, the share of business-related travels at Manchester and Stansted Airports was below 10 percent.

This statistic represents the results of a Statista survey among Americans taken in April 2017 regarding air travel and broken down by gender. During the survey, about 16 percent of female respondents stated they travelled by air for business trips at least once every six months.

This statistic presents the results of a Statista survey among Americans taken in April 2017 regarding airline app usage among business travelers and broken down by type of service. As of April 2017, some 78 percent of the business travelers stated they used airline apps for flight information.

This statistic represents the results of a Statista survey among Americans taken in April 2017 regarding air travel for business trips. During the survey, about 21 percent of the respondents said they travelled by air for business trips at least once a month.

The number of flights performed globally by the airline industry has increased steadily since the early 2000s and reached 38.9 million in 2019. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the number of flights dropped to 18.3 million in 2020. The flight volume increased again in the following years and was forecasted to reach 38.7 million in 2024. The global airline industry The number of flights performed increased year-on-year continuously to transport both passengers and freight. The industry’s recent growth can be attributed to a combination of increasing living standards and decreasing costs of air travel. While North American and European airlines currently dominate in terms of both revenue and passengers flown, it is predicted that future growth will be highest in markets of Asia.

This statistic presents the results of a Statista survey among Americans taken in April 2017 regarding business travelers' satisfaction with the contact options the airlines offered. During the survey, some 47 percent of the business travelers stated that they were very satisfied with the contact options provided by the airlines.

In 2023, the best-rated business travel attribute of Southwest Airlines was its relationship with account managers and sales representatives. The lowest rated attribute of the airline, at 3.82, were its networks, partnerships and frequencies.

This statistic portrays the results of a Statista survey among Americans taken in April 2017 regarding airport preference when flying among business travelers. During the survey, close to 50 percent of the business travelers said they always fly from two or three airports.

This statistic presents the results of a Statista survey among Americans taken in April 2017 regarding air travel on medium-haul flights for business trips. As of April 2017, close to 40 percent of the respondents said they boarded up to two medium-haul flights for business trips.

This statistic presents the results of a Statista survey among Americans taken in April 2017 regarding the business travelers' willingness to pay for services offered by the airlines, broken down by service. During the survey, some 43 percent of the business travelers stated that they were willing to pay extra for onboard Wi-Fi services.

This statistic illustrates the worldwide air passenger traffic in 2020, broken down by business model. In that year, traditional carriers accounted for roughly 2.1 trillion revenue passenger kilometers.

This statistic shows the results of a Statista survey among Americans taken in April 2017 regarding air travel on long-haul flights for business trips. During the survey, close to 20 percent of the respondents said they boarded up to four long-haul flights for business trips.

This statistic depicts the results of a Statista survey among Americans that took place in April 2017 regarding air travel on short-haul flights for business trips. During the survey, about 31 percent of the respondents said they flew using up to two short-haul flights for business trips in the last two years.

In a 2019 Statista survey of U.S. adults, 14 percent of respondents aged between 18 to 29 years old reported more than five flights for private reasons in the past two years, compared to nine percent for people aged between 30 and 49. It appears there may be at least a little truth to the cliché of the Millennials who are obsessed with holidays. For both age groups the most common frequency of travel was one flight for private reasons in the past 2 years, as reported by 15 percent and 18 percent respectively.

Leisure versus business

The above figures include flights for leisure purposes only, excluding business travel. Travel for leisure purposes comprises a larger portion of the U.S. air travel market than business travel, both in terms of the percentage of total trips and the overall contribution to the U.S. economy.

Overall industry growth

The appetite of young people to travel is one factor driving the sustained growth of U.S. airline industry. U.S. carriers have reported higher number of passengers every year for both domestic and international routes since 2009. Moreover, the number of leisure trips is growing much faster than the number of business trips.

This statistic represents the results of a Statista survey among Americans taken in April 2017 regarding air travel. During the survey, 76 percent of respondents stated that they book flights using airline websites.