Americans' airline travel habits
More than 80 percent of the adult population have flown in their lifetimes, says a survey for a U.S. trade group.
The average number of airline trips last year was 4.8, with 31 percent taking one trip and 15 percent taking nine or more. Trips taken for business purposes accounted for 31 percent of the total.
Leisure trips accounted for 48 percent and personal trips not for leisure accounted for 21 percent, according to data from Airlines of America.
Some 63 percent of 2015 airline trips were domestic, followed by 19 percent to Latin America and the Caribbean, and 8 percent to Europe.
Two thirds of fliers last year were members of an airline frequent-flier program. The preferred check-in method was on a personal computer or mobile device, with just 11 percent of travelers checking in at airport ticket counters.
Millennial travelers between 18 and 34 on average flew six times in 2015 but they were very value-conscious.
