RateGain’s state of the travel industry report found that car rental volumes for the week of Dec. 7 to 13 reached 83% of 2019 levels. New York, SFO, New Orleans, and Las Vegas saw the biggest spikes.
John Selden, Atlanta airport general manager, told the newspaper that it could take two to five years to fully recover from the effects of COVID-19.
Sixt will take over the airport concessions at Boston, New York’s JFK and La Guardia, New Jersey, Houston, Orlando, Denver, Maui, Honolulu, and Las Vegas.
While domestic U.A. flights resume month over month, July domestic capacity will be 30% to 55% of July 2019. International travel is slower to rebound.
The payments equal $5.6 million for car rental companies and are expected to be paid back starting this summer.
As COVID-19 decimates the rental industry, car rental operators in Maui are having to store idle vehicles in grassy sugar cane fields.
The partnership will also see Europcar’s car rental services, provided by Rentalcars.com, promoted exclusively through offline channels, such as in-flight announcements and boarding cards, offering exclusive discounts to Ryanair customers.
Yellowstone Regional Airport is planning a $1.4 million renovation to its on-site rental car facilities. The new quick turn-around facility will include an overflow parking area, an automated car wash, prep bays for the vehicles, and gasoline pumps.
The partnership also enables easyJet to expand its car rental offering to a broader range of customers with more choice across destinations, rentals, and providers.
LAX currently averages 267,000 vehicle rentals a month, making it the second largest rental car market among airports in the U.S.