While U.S. Department of Transportation ("DOT") data is great for the U.S. domestic market, DOT restrictions and the lack of participation by non-U.S. carriers make the dataset less than ideal for international air service development. Airport Marketing and Air Service Development professionals therefore often struggle to gather the intelligence they need on traffic carried by non-U.S. carriers that service the international routes they would like to attract to their airports.

apgDat FMⁱ provides international fares and market sizes based on ticket settlement data provided by Diio partners Airlines Reporting Corporation ("ARC") and International Air Transport Association ("IATA").

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

Additionally, carriers comprising over half of the world's capacity currently purchase fare and market size information based on the same proprietary calibration techniques and algorithms used in apgDat FMⁱ.


apgDat FMⁱ brings the most reliable information on international fares currently available to airports. Using transaction settlement data from nearly a billion tickets sold each year, apgDat FMⁱ 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 FMⁱ reports the number of passengers that travel between various points around the globe based on an extensive sample of ticket sales. The tickets that flow through the ARC and IATA settlement systems originate from over 30 global distribution systems ("GDSs") worldwide, including online GDSs in the United States. While FMⁱ 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 FMⁱ is the first truly global source of aviation market intelligence that comes from ticket data. FMⁱ combines ARC data for tickets sold in the United States with IATA for tickets sold in 163 other nations around the world, including nations uncovered by other sources like China and Russia.


Like apgDat, apgDat FMⁱ 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 FMⁱ is an add-on to apgDat, its users must also subscribe to apgDat. FMⁱ is also combinable with apgDat FM^d to gain valuable insite into the U.S. Domestic market.

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