The wet August saw a 23% spike in spend on air travel despite growing cost-of-living worries, new data from Nationwide Building Society has revealed.
Spend on air travel in August reached £73 million, with transactions up 26% year on year. Although the figure may illustrate a booming late sales market, total spend was down 8% on the previous month.
Spend on holidays in August rose 4% year on year to £370 million, with transaction levels up 1%. Spend on flights in July was up 33% year on year and holidays up 6%.
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