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Domestic Air Travel in the US Procurement Price, Data and Insights
Domestic air travel includes scheduled passenger routes within a single nation or free-travel region. Airlines are the dominant suppliers in this market, but corporate travel management companies, travel agencies and online travel aggregator companies also provide booking services. This market's primary buyers include both financial and non-financial companies, energy companies, manufacturers, and consumers.
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What’s included in this market coverage
IBISWorld's research coverage on the Domestic Air Travel procurement and pricing environment in the United States includes market dynamics, buyer power scores, supply chain vendors with pricing trends and forecasts.
About this Market
What’s this procurement report about?
This procurement coverage of the Domestic Air Travel market in the United States includes Business-Class Domestic Passenger Flights, Economy-Class Domestic Passenger Flights and First-Class Domestic Passenger Flights. Standard coding in this coverage includes ISIC-511-Passenger air transport, NACE-51.10-Passenger Air Transport, NAICS-481110-Scheduled air transportation and UNSPSC-78111502-Commercial airplane travel.
What common market terminology is included?
Common market terminology included in the Domestic Air Travel procurement coverage includes Legacy Airline (Well-established airlines that offer first class and business class seating. The three largest airlines operating in this market are legacy airlines as opposed to low-cost airlines.), New Distribution Capability (NDC) (A travel-industry-supported program that provides technology standards to allow airlines to distribute their content equally across third-party suppliers.), Completion Factor (The percentage of scheduled flights that are completed.), Tarmac Delay (A delay that occurs between leaving the gate and taking off or between landing and accessing the terminal.) and Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) (A regulation that restricts certain aircraft from operating within a defined area in order to protect persons or property in the air or on the ground.).
What companies are included as top suppliers?
The top companies covered in the Domestic Air Travel procurement report as suppliers are SkyWest Inc, Frontier Group Holdings, Inc., Jetblue Airways Corp, Alaska Air Group Inc and Southwest Airlines Co..
Opportunity Assessment
What’s included in the Opportunity Assessment chapter?
The Opportunity Assessment chapter provides a comprehensive market analysis of the Domestic Air Travel market in the United States category, including buyer power scoring, market pricing trends, vendor landscape, cost structure, and strategic negotiation levers.
The market pricing trends include the Market Price (2026) per round-trip ticket, a five year price forecast and a supply chain risk score. Vendor coverage includes a market share and cost structure breakdown.
Analysis includes a comprehensive SWOT analysis of and recent developments impacting the Domestic Air Travel market environment.
Buyer Power Score
What’s included in the Buyer Power Score chapter?
The Buyer Power Score chapter assesses key components impacting Domestic Air Travel procurement including the recent price trend, forecast price trend, availability of substitutes, switching costs, product specialization, average vendor risk, market share concentration, supply chain risk, price driver volatility and recent price volatility.
These components generate a Buyer Power Score that ranges from -5 (strongly favoring sellers) to +5 (strongly favoring buyers) plus a recommended strategy for procurement specialists.
Price Environment
What’s included in the Price Environment chapter?
The Price Environment chapter covers detailed pricing analysis and datasets on Domestic Air Travel market environment. This includes insights into market pricing Market Price (2026), price forecasts, volatility, specialization, substitutes and switching costs.
Datasets in the Price Environment chapter include vendor cost structure, breakdowns of wage rates by geography and specialty, key external economic and labor drivers impacting the market and market pricing models.
Supply Chain & Vendors
What’s included in the Supply Chain & Vendors chapter?
The Supply Chain & Vendors chapter covers the concentration, risk and diversity of the Domestic Air Travel market. This includes datasets on the market’s top suppliers, detailed analysis on the key sourcing risks and supply chain dynamics, with environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations and scores.
Business Requirements
What’s included in the Business Requirements chapter?
The Business Requirements chapter covers vendor relationships, qualifications, service level agreements and key performance indicators. These inputs provide insight into the planning process through the buying lead time, vendor relationship and vendor qualifications. The sourcing process include key RFP elements like an organizational overview, project budget, selection criteria, project schedule, proposal format, inventory control, cost containment, regulation, quality control, distribution and key contract clauses.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current market price for Domestic Air Travel?
The 2026 benchmark market price for Domestic Air Travel is $423 per round-trip ticket. Prices have increased at a CAGR of 3.46 from 2023-26.
Who are the top vendors in the Domestic Air Travel market?
The top vendors in the Domestic Air Travel market include SkyWest Inc, Frontier Group Holdings, Inc., Jetblue Airways Corp, Alaska Air Group Inc and Southwest Airlines Co..
What industries supply the Domestic Air Travel market?
The top industries supplying the Domestic Air Travel market are Aircraft, Engine & Parts Manufacturing in the US, Machine Shop Services in the US, Airport Operations in the US, Security Services in the US, Gasoline & Petroleum Wholesaling in the US and Gasoline & Petroleum Bulk Stations in the US.
What is the supply chain risk for Domestic Air Travel?
High market concentration among major airlines reduces buyer negotiation leverage. The domestic air travel market is highly consolidated, with the top four carriers, American, Delta, Southwest, and United, commanding approximately 65.0% of the market share. The dominance of leading vendors restricts viable supplier options for buyers, limits competition, and curtails buyers' ability to negotiate meaningful price concessions or enhanced service levels.
What factors affect the price of Domestic Air Travel?
Timing of flight significantly affects pricing in domestic air travel, with factors such as peak travel seasons, day-of-week variations, and time-of-day influencing ticket costs. For instance, flights during holidays or major events typically see higher prices due to increased demand, while mid-week flights often offer lower fares; airlines measure these pricing strategies using historical booking data and demand forecasting models.
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