The Visa Electron card has been commonly used by passengers over the years who wish to book flights without having a charge used for using a card. Currently people who fly with Ryanair, BmiBaby and other similar airlines have not had to pay a card charge when they have used this type of payment card. [...]

After the successful launch of the iSixt application for iPhones the car hire giant is now starting the online booking system for customers that have a Blackberry phone. This is the latest step toward the future of booking systems and Sixt are at the forefront of the most up-to-date technology. It will be compatible with [...]

As the world is still in the depths of a recession air travel over the Thanksgiving period is set to drop, but the need for travel is still there and car hire looks set for a bumper holiday season. Officials believe that rental will tip the scales this year as the choice for travel especially [...]

Oman’s leading carrier, Oman Air, has announced their new partnership with the hire car firm Sixt. Members of the airline’s frequent flyer programme, Sinbad, can now receive great deals on cars across Sixt’s rental branches throughout the world. They are one of the largest fleet operators of luxury BMW and Mercedes cars in more than [...]

One of the leading car rental firms in Europe, Avis, has earnt a whole host of accolades at the recent World Travel Awards. Some of the top prizes including the Leading Business Car Rental Company for Europe and the Car Hire Company of the Year for the UK. They also won other awards for their [...]

The worldwide car rental agent reported that this year again they had made profits over the third quarter. It went across the whole sector of rentals and leasing despite the current economic climate. The quarterly figures were up by 8.6 per cent compared to the same period last year, but operating revenue was down. The [...]

The largest airline in Europe, Air France-KLM, has posted their second quarter figures showing that they have made a loss of €147 million. This equates to around 50 cents a share for the three months leading up to the end of September. Compare this to the same time last year when they had posted a [...]

The low-cost airline based out of New York, JetBlue Aiways, and the car rental giant, Hertz, have teamed up together to give in a great give-away promotion. The promotion is called Jet and Drive Giveaway and all the public has to do is log on to the airline’s website for a chance to win one [...]

This year’s annual listing of the top rental companies for customer satisfaction by JD Power & Associates was won by the rental firm Enterprise. The award is no stranger to the car hire company and it is the sixth year in a row that they have come out on top. Their ‘we’ll pick you up [...]

As the festive season is fast approaching and we head out to spend money on our loved ones and buy that special gift of the year we are hit with the rising cost of petrol. For the second time this decade the price of a gallon of petrol is going to notch up to £5. [...]