While apgDat users in the U.S. benefit from U.S. Department of Transportation ("DOT") data, the four-to-six months wait for the release of this data can be excruciating. Airport Marketing and Air Service Development professionals in the U.S. therefore often are forced to guess at the most recent - and most relevant - data at their airports.

apgDat FM^d provides domestic fares and market sizes based on ticket settlement data provided by Diio partner Airlines Reporting Corporation("ARC"). Now, instead of waiting four to six months to get data for on a travel month form the DOT, FM^d makes data available in 45 days.

apgDat FM^d is an optional add-on module to the basic apgDat market intelligence hub, and it is targeted at users airports inside the U.S. Like the main product, apgDat FM^d runs over the internet, allowing the user to perform complex analyses by entering a few easy-to-understand keystrokes and clicking a button.

The apgDat FM^d module includes:

apgDat FM^d brings the most reliable information on recent domestic fares currently available to airports. Using transaction settlement data from nearly a billion tickets sold each year, apgDat FM^d contains the actual fares that real passengers pay for their travel. In contrast, aviation data tools based on bookings are forced to estimate fares using fare class indicators, because bookings records do not contain the final fares that passengers pay.

apgDat FM^d reports the number of passengers that travel between various points in the U.S. based on an extensive sample of ticket sales. The tickets that flow through the ARC settlement system originate from over 30 global distribution systems ("GDSs"), including online GDSs in the United States. While FM^d reports total market sizes including tickets sold directly by the airlines, calibrating the market size is inherently more accurate when starting from a large foundation.

apgDat FM^d is the first domestic source of aviation market intelligence that comes from ticket data. And while DOT data is a 10% sample, ARC ticket penetration is near 40% of the U.S. domestic market.



Like apgDat, apgDat FM^d is sold on a subscription basis for a single annual fee, and there is no limit to the amount of reports that the user can run. Because FM^d is an add-on to apgDat, its users must also subscribe to apgDat. FM^d is also combinable with either apgDat FM^g or apgDat FMⁱ to get a more geographically expansive market view.

Take the opportunity to see for yourself how you can harness the combined power of ARC and Diio in apgDat FM^d by contacting a Diio professional directly for a demonstration at (703) 748-5307.