25th Aug 2015 10:33
LONDON (Alliance News) - Ryanair Holdings PLC Tuesday said it has launched Ryanair Car Hire through a partnership with travel-technology and car rental services aggregator CarTrawler, to allow Ryanair customers to book car rentals through its website.
The car hire partnership will give customers access to over 1,500 car rental agents in over 30,000 airport and city locations across 174 countries, and is part of Ryanair's "Always Getting Better" programme, the low-cost airline said.
Ryanair Car Hire will go live on the Ryanair.com website from September 1.
"Following an extensive tender process, Ryanair is pleased to partner with CarTrawler, who offer the best conversion rate in the business, as we launch Ryanair Car Hire, offering the widest range and best value car rental service to our 103 million customers," Chief Executive Michael O'Leary said in a statement.
Back in July, the Irish budget carrier revealed that car rental company Hertz, with which it had a car hire supply deal, had sent the company notice that it had terminated the contract.
Hertz claimed that Ryanair's deal with GDS distribution companies represented a breach of contract, which Ryanair disputed given the deal had been in place since April 2014 with, Ryanair claimed, Hertz's knowledge and support.
Ryanair said at the time that it believed the termination of the deal to be in breach of its long-term exclusive contract with Hertz, which had recently been extended to 2020. As a result, the carrier said it was planning to pursue Hertz for breach of contract and damages.
Shares in Ryanair were trading up 3.3% at 11.78 pence Tuesday morning.
By Karolina Kaminska; [email protected] @KarolinaAllNews
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