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2009-06-16Europcar and easyJet extend their exclusive partnership
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Europcar and easyJet extend their exclusive partnership
Special summer offers celebrate successful cooperation
Europcar, the number one car rental company in Europe, and easyJet, Europe’s leading low-cost airline, announced today the extension of their strategic partnership to the end of 2011. The two companies have been exclusive partners since 2003 and in that time have served more than 1.7 million joint customers.
Thanks to the partnership, easyJet customers can reserve both their flight and their rental vehicle on the easyJet.com web site in a simple and time-saving manner.
Through the partnership, easyJet customers also benefit from particularly competitive rates, guaranteed car availability and the latest model vehicles ensuring minimal CO² emissions. To celebrate the partnership’s extension, customers will benefit even more this summer season: as of June 15th, easyJet passengers can notably receive discounts upon their arrival at the airport or at any one of Europcar’s 2,500 car rental agencies around Europe. Other benefits include free additional driver and upgrades through on-line booking. The offers apply to passengers for all easyJet routes and destinations around Europe and the Mediterranean region.
Commenting on the partnership extension, Europcar Groupe Chief Operating Officer Rafael Girona said, “Over the years, Europcar and easyJet have developed a mutually beneficial relationship which has brought demonstrable results and value to customers. By providing complementary services and sharing the same concern for quality service and sustainable development, our partnership contributes to customer loyalty over the long term. We look forward to further developing our relationship and to bringing even more great value and service to consumers and travelers in the years to come.”
Bill McKimm, easyJet’s head of Ancillary Revenue, said: “We are absolutely delighted to continue to be working with Europcar, Europe’s leading car rental providers, and that so many customers have chosen to book their car rental via this partnership. We know that in the current economic climate customers are not only looking for great value flights but also enjoying the extra benefits of flying with easyJet."
In addition to easyJet, Europcar has strategic partnerships with Accor, the leading hotel group in Europe and number 3 worldwide and TUI, the world’s leading tour operator. It also has a strategic alliance with North American car rental leader Enterprise; together Europcar and Enterprise form the world’s largest car rental network. In addition to these strategic relationships, Europcar has over 80 international partnership agreements with leading players in the travel industry worldwide.
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About Europcar
Owned by the French investment company Eurazeo, Europcar is the European leader in passenger car and light utility vehicle rentals. The company serves business and leisure customers throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Excluding franchise operations, in 2008 Europcar signed more than 10 million rental contracts, with 8,000 employees and a fleet exceeding 225,000 vehicles. In September 2008, Europcar and U.S. market leader Enterprise Rent-A-Car joined forces in a strategic alliance to form the world’s largest car rental network, with more than 1.2 million vehicles and 13,000 locations around the world.
Since opening its first “environmental agency” in Paris in 1999, Europcar has also been a European leader in terms of reducing the environmental impact of its fleet. In 2008, it was the first company in Europe to have its “Environmental Charter” – which formalizes its commitments in favor of sustainable development -- certified by Bureau Veritas and the first company to win the World Travel Award for “the World's Leading Green Transport Solution Company.” Today, over 99% of Europcar’s fleet is certified “Euro IV” or above – the most stringent applicable European Union standards today in terms of energy consumption and emissions.
For more information: www.europcar.com
About easyJet:
easyJet is Europe's leading low-fares airline, currently operating 175 aircraft on 420 routes.
easyJet flies to:
Aberdeen, Ajaccio, Alicante, Almeria, Amsterdam, Asturias, Athens, Barcelona, Bari, Basel, Bastia, Belfast, Berlin, Biarritz, Bilbao, Birmingham, Bodrum, Bordeaux, Bournemouth, Brindisi, Bristol, Budapest, Brussels, Bucharest, Catania, Cagliari, Cologne, Copenhagen, Corfu, Casablanca, Dalaman, Dortmund, Dubrovnik, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Faro, Fuerteventura, Geneva, Gibraltar, Glasgow,
Gran Canaria, Grenoble, Hamburg, Helsinki, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, Innsbruck, Inverness, Istanbul, Jersey, Krakow, Lamezia Terme, Larnaca, Lanzarote, La Rochelle, Lisbon, Liverpool, Ljubljana, London Gatwick, London Luton, London Stansted, Lyon, Madeira, Madrid, Mahon, Malaga, Malta, Manchester, Marrakech, Marseille, Milan Linate, Milan Malpensa, Montpellier, Munich, Murcia, Mykonos, Nantes, Naples, Newcastle, Nice, Olbia, Palermo, Palma, Paphos, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Paris Orly, Pisa, Porto, Prague, Rhodes, Rome, Salzburg, Santorini, Sharm El Sheik, Sofia, Split, Stockholm, Tangier, Tallinn, Tenerife, Thessaloniki, Toulouse, Turin, Valencia, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw, Zurich.
Media relations for easyJet:
Andrew McConnell
Tel: +44 (0)1582 52 52 52
press.office@easyjet.com
Media Relations for Europcar:
Lorie Lichtlen / Ingrid de Valbray / Helene Coulbault
Burson-Marsteller Paris
Tel. +33 (0)1 41 86 76 76