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Newsby StaffMarch 10, 2021

COVID-19 Bill Provides $800M for Airport Concessionaire Rent and MAG Relief

The plan calls for 80% of those funds to be set aside for small airport concessionaires. The bill also provides $10 billion in funding for state small business support programs.

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Newsby StaffMarch 10, 2021

ACRA Letter to DOT Discusses Recovery Commission for Airport Concessionaries

According to data by the Federal Aviation Administration, car rental company concession fees paid to airports were down 66% in 2020 ($1.97 billion in 2019, $654 million in 2020).

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Newsby StaffFebruary 17, 2021

Discount Car and Truck Rentals Hit by Ransomeware Attack

The attack by Darkside ransomware group resulted in the theft of 120GB of corporate, banking and franchise data.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 1, 2021

ACRA Asks Congress for $3.64B in MAG Relief

ACRA seeks the funds to allow airports to provide minimum annual guarantees (MAGs) and rent relief for airport concessionaires.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 20, 2021

Israeli Rental Company Allowed to Fine Car Users on Shabbat

Though City Car specializes in renting cars to the ultra-Orthdox sector, the fine can be levied on secular clientele as well.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 12, 2021

Mass. Supreme Court to Turo: 'You’re Not Google'

In a court fight involving peer-to-peer pickups at Logan Airport, judges questioned Turo’s seeking of protection under Section 230, which provides immunity from liability for internet services and users for potentially harmful content.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 12, 2021

Mumbai Police Arrest 2 Men for Allegedly Selling Stolen Rental Cars

Jagdish Bisnoi, 23, and Mahendra Godara, 19, allegedly rented vehicles for personal work, destroyed the GPS tracking device, then would sell the vehicles once COVID-19 travel restrictions eased. 

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NewsJanuary 11, 2021

ACRA Outlines 4.0 Pandemic Stimulus Provisions for Car Rental

The $900 billion pandemic relief/economic stimulus package includes MAG relief, potential CERTS grants, and another PPP loan opportunity for smaller car rental companies. ACRA also announces new members.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 6, 2021

San Jose Airport Mulls Increasing Customer Facility Fees

According to airport officials, car rentals have decreased by about 80%.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 4, 2021

Zimbabwean Car Rental CEO Dies; Refused to Turn Over GPS Data

Impala Car Rental CEO Thompson Dondo, who died of apparent renal failure, had refused a court order to turn over GPS tracking data on a customer who rented a vehicle used in an abduction and torture.

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