More than 210 million Euro was spent on airline tickets in the first two months of the year.
Kilkenny, Mayo and Longford saw the biggest increases in spend on flights.
AIB’s Spend Trend for February 2024 also saw spend in pubs up 27 per cent last month partly due to Ireland’s Six Nation campaign.
The figure for airline spend is up 10% on the same period last year while daily spend was up 11% in the same period.
People from Leitrim Wicklow and Kerry had the lowest increase in spend.
AIB Spend Trend Report
AIB’s Spend Trend for February 2024 reveals the number of people buying flights has taken off, with the highest ever airline spend in the first two months of the year.
AIB customers spent over €210m with airlines in January and February, up 10% on the same period in 2023.
Daily spend on plane tickets was also up 11% in February compared with 12 months previously.
People from Kilkenny (+18.4%), Mayo (+17.1%) and Longford (+16.5%) are the most keen to get away and had the highest increase in spend on flights while people from Leitrim (+1.4%), Wicklow (+7.1%) and Kerry (+7.4%) had the lowest increase in spend.
Airline spend is split evenly between men and women, with those aged between 35 and 44 the highest spenders, followed closely by those aged between 45 and 54.
The start of the year is traditionally a busy time for booking flights as people plan their holidays.
However this is the highest level of spend ever, indicating that more people than ever are planning a trip abroad this year.
Over all consumer spend was up 4% last month when compared to January.
Spend on health and beauty increased 8% while spend on electronics decreased 6%.
Despite easing inflation the cost of living continues to impact Irish households, with grocery spend up 10% in the month following a steep decline in January down 24%.
The monthly data was compiled from 67 million debit and credit card transactions in store and online during February this year.
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