Car rental innovation for airline

Wizz Air, the Hungarian based low-fare airline, said to be the largest of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe, has come up with an interesting vehicle hire innovation.  Instead of tying itself to one operator, which seems to be the norm for budget carriers, it is co-operating with Dublin-based CarTrawler which offers broad choice of renting, but just not with one company.

CarTrawler is not dedicated to a single operator but has a selection of car rental options from over 550 leading and independent car rental suppliers in 171 countries in 30,000 city and airport locations.  The site is offered in 30 languages and multiple currencies.

In the case of Wizz Air customers can go to the airline web site and look for car hire at the actual destination they are flying to.  What is then seen on line is not a single rental operator but a whole series of alternatives with different rates and car options. 

Key global suppliers include: Budget, Enterprise, Europcar, National, Thrifty, Payless, Alamo, Dollar and Sixt. www.wizzair.com www.cartrawler

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