Firefly (car rental)

Firefly Car Rental
Industry Rental
Founded 2013
Headquarters Estero, Florida, U.S.
Area served
Europe, USA, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand
Owner Hertz
Website www.fireflycarrental.com

Firefly Car Rental is a low cost car rental brand owned by Hertz. Hertz developed the new brand to replace Advantage Rent a Car which had to be sold following the acquisition of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group.[1]

It first opened in March 2013 with branches in Europe, with American branches following in September 2013.[2] In August 2014 Firefly opened its first location in the Middle-East serving Dubai Airport in the UAE[3] and in September 2014 opened its first locations in Australia. As of January 2015 it has over 100 locations in 13 countries.

References

  1. "Hertz bringing Firefly brand to U.S.". Travel Weekly. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  2. "Hertz's Firefly brand to come to US". Business Traveler. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  3. "Firefly car rental brand launched in the UAE". www.zawya.com. Thomson Reuters. 26 August 2014.

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