2023 U.S.-Booked Air Volume: $40.3M

U.S.-booked air spending at the United Nations' New York headquarters operations totaled $40.3 million in 2023, up nearly 15 percent year over year. The multilateral organization attributed the increase to a return to pre-pandemic travel volumes, with a 96.4 percent client satisfaction rate.

The UN offered 17 policy and process outreach and training programs to more than 2,000 participants last year, with the objective of improving understanding of travel analytics and to promote data literacy. The organization also transferred nine travel data models to a new analytics system.

The UN undertook a change in policy that offered more flexibility, particularly regarding deviations to official travel for personal convenience. Looking to 2024, the UN plans to embark on a wholesale update of its 10-year-old travel policy.

The UN secretariat includes more than 35,000 staff members located across the world in 2023.