World Airline News - More Than 2.5 Million Tickets Bought on Delta Website in 2000

More than 2.5 million Delta Air Lines [DAL] tickets were purchased on its web site in 2000, representing 5 percent of the carrier’s total ticket sales for the year - up from 930,000 tickets purchased in 1999. Those tickets, according to Delta, generated $775 million in revenue in 2000, up nearly 270 percent from the $290 million generated in 1999. By the end of 2001, Delta said its website is likely to surpass $1 billion in annual sales.

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During 2000, more than 1.5 million new users registered to purchase tickets, three times more than 1999’s record of 575,000 new users. Delta.com also had its highest daily sales, exceeding $5 million, and record weekly sales of nearly $20 million. The site has surpassed $1 billion in total sales and clocked 3.7 million total online customers since offering online purchasing in 1996.