SAN ANTONIO, Texas --- Advantage Rent-A-Car has partnered with online metasearch sites Sidestep, Mobissimo and Kayak. The travel-booking Web sites offer customer pricing by searching for pricing directly from a vendor's site.
PARK RIDGE, NJ --- Hertz has expanded its Hertz Prestige Collection adding nine vehicle models.
ATLANTA --- Delta Air Lines Inc., the nation's third-largest airline, is now operating under Chapter 11 protection after $10 billion in losses since 2001 and little in available cash reserves.
Many rental car facilities in the New Orleans area are damaged, under water or closed after Hurricane Katrina.
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. – GE Commercial Finance Fleet Services is partnering with Walden/Rosedale Leasing to provide leasing and loan products to the rental car industry. The new business arrangement will give rent-a-car companies access to lease and finance products from GE Commercial Finance, the business-to-business finance arm of General Electric.
WARWICK, R.I. --- The Rhode Island Airport Corporation, after having been issued a notice of violation in September, is disputing the city of Warwick's claim that T.F. Green Airport's commercial rental companies were illegally using residential land for business, likely sending the matter to court, the Providence Journal reported.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. --- The Kent County (Mich.) Aeronautics Board tacked a $3 daily surcharge onto car rentals at Gerald R. Ford International Airport to help pay for new car rental facilities and a $120 million parking structure, the Grand Rapids Press reported.