AirTran Airways Announces Its Website Link to Hertz.com for Online Customers

20 April 2000

AirTran Airways Announces Its Website Link to Hertz.com for Online Customers

    ORLANDO, Fla.--April 20, 2000--AirTran Airways announces its exclusive car rental partnership with The Hertz Corporation (NYSE:HRZ). This partnership enables AirTran Airways' customers booking their air travel via its website, www.airtran.com, to link directly to Hertz's website at www.hertz.com. Once air travel is booked, the link to hertz.com appears and when accessed, AirTran Airways' customers have the ability to reserve a Hertz car rental using AirTran Airways' corporate rate.
    Additionally, customers booking travel through AirTran Airways' Net Escapes program, which offers weekly promotional fares exclusively on airtran.com, also have the ability to access a direct link to hertz.com and to receive special rates on car rentals.
    "We are pleased to have established this partnership with Hertz," said Tad Hutcheson, AirTran Airways' director of marketing. "Hertz has an impeccable service record, and AirTran Airways is pleased to have them as the airline's exclusive car rental company."
    AirTran Airways' website recently received an "A" by Travel Agent magazine following a study on the user friendliness of airlines' online booking. The magazine reported that the airline's booking engine is easy to use.
    The airline's Net Escapes Internet fares offer discounts to different destinations each week. Customers may sign up to receive free weekly Net Escapes updates via e-mail on the E-fares section of AirTran Airways' website (www.airtran.com). Specials may also be viewed on the Net Escapes page on the website. To receive the discounts, tickets must be booked on the AirTran Airways' website.

    Hertz operates a fleet of 525,000 vehicles from approximately 6,500 locations in more than 140 countries worldwide. For more information about Hertz or for reservations, call toll-free 800/654-3131 or visit Hertz on the web at www.hertz.com.

    Systemwide, AirTran Airways operates 280 daily departures to 30 cities. Offering the convenience of easy, same concourse connections in Atlanta, AirTran Airways operates 131 daily departures from Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, the world's busiest airport.
    AirTran Airways provides everyday, affordable air travel throughout the eastern United States, and unlike other airlines, never requires a roundtrip purchase or Saturday night stay. AirTran Airways is the launch customer for the Boeing 717, today's newest, most innovative commercial aircraft. AirTran Airways is a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:AAIR).
    For more information and reservations, call your travel agent, 800-AIRTRAN (800/247-8726), 770/994-8258 (in Atlanta), or visit the AirTran Airways' website at www.airtran.com.