February Airport Rates Slightly Down Year-Over-Year
In February, the average airport rate quote was only down $1.42 (2.8%) from February 2015, according to The Tennant Group and Rate-Highway’s 50-City rate survey. Rates in the Northwest and Midwest regions were up, while the Northeast was down $9.82.
by Staff
March 1, 2016
Rate data provided by Rate-Highway, a leading provider of revenue management services for the auto rental industry. Rates are an average of aggregator/OTA rates for all vendors present in the markets listed on the date of the survey. These tables and graph show the average of all base rate quotes per day for an ICAR at the six or 50 airports shown, for arrivals 15 to 21 days ahead of the date of the survey, for two- and seven-day rentals.
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With the help of Jim Tennant of The Tennant Group and Michael Meyer of Rate-Highway Inc., we are conducting rate surveys on a weekly basis and providing analysis and comments where appropriate. We publish this monthly recap in our electronic edition and more comprehensive looks in the print editions.
February rates continued the downward trend we have seen since August 2013. Year-over-year ICAR rate quotes have been down 17 of the last 19 months, but February was only down $1.42 (2.8%) from February 2015.
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The Northwest and Midwest regions were up $7.51 and $3.03, respectively. The Southwest and Southeast regions were essentially flat, while the Northeast, undoubtedly showing effects of the weather, was down $9.82.
Brand pricing in February was interesting. The three major airport brands were all up year-over-year, with the Hertz brand up most — at $5.49 over last February.
We don’t normally see such a large difference in year-over-year comparisons between the three major brands and the five smaller brands. We will be interested to see how this affects the two public companies’ reported revenue per transaction day (RPD).
Rate data provided by Rate-Highway, a leading provider of revenue management services for the auto rental industry. Rates are an average of aggregator/OTA rates for all vendors present in the markets listed on the date of the survey. These tables and graph show the average of all base rate quotes per day for an ICAR at the six or 50 airports shown, for arrivals 15 to 21 days ahead of the date of the survey, for two- and seven-day rentals.
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