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History - Milestones
2002
  ARC adds Vista Itins by ARC® to its Sales and Marketing tools for Travel Agents
 
    ARC sets year-end goal of fully-electronic reporting; use of IAR passes 99% with 12 states at 100%.
 
2001
  ARC launches its electronic Document Retrieval System for ticket detail lookup and research
 
    Accredited Travel Agency and CTD locations number 34,000; sales reach $69 billion
 
    Use of IAR electronic sales reporting passes 90%
 
1999
  ARC absorbs Agent Reporting Plan (ARP), the settlement system for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
 
1998
  Certified ARC Specialist certification program becomes available for Travel Agent use
 
    ARC Introduces the Corporate Travel Department (CTD) Program
 
    ARC eliminated the submission of the Universal Credit Card Charge Forms (UCCCFs) in its Manual Area Banks
 
1997
  ARC launches Interactive Agent Reporting (IAR), an all-electronic sales reporting system for Travel Agents
 
1996
  ECCB Program expanded to a daily billing process
 
1995
  ARC processes and settles its first all-electronic ticketing transaction
 
1989
  ARC Introduces the Electronic Credit Card Billing (ECCB) program
 
1984
  With deregulation, ARC is established as a close corporation owned by scheduled Airline members of ATA that sign ARC's Carrier Services Agreement
 
    ARC takes over operation of the ASP December 31
 
1978
  Congress passes Airline Deregulation Act
 
1964
  ATC establishes the Standard Ticket and Area Settlement Plan
 
    "Standard Agent's Ticket" and combined sales reporting adopted
 
    Accredited U.S. Travel Agents number 5,000; sales reach $1 billion
 
1945
  Air Traffic Conference of America (ATC) adopts the "ATC Resolutions and Sales Agency Agreement"
 
    Number of accredited U.S. Travel Agents reaches approximately 600
 
1938
  Civil Aeronautics Act passed by Congress
 
    Development of standardized Travel Agency system



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