Avis Car Rental
Kenner, LA Hours and Location

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Company Overview

Avis Car Rental and its subsidiaries operate one of the world’s best-known car rental brands with approximately 5,500 locations in more than 165 countries. Avis has a long history of innovation in the car rental industry and is one of the world’s top brands for customer loyalty. Avis is owned by Avis Budget Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAR), which operates and licenses the brand throughout the world.  

Quick History

Founded in 1946 by Warren Avis (who sold his interest in 1954), Avis was the first company to rent cars from airport locations. The company grew rapidly during the 1950’s through franchised and corporate-owned expansion. In 1963, Avis introduced the award-winning “We try harder®” campaign and the tagline remains the company’s rallying cry even today. Ten years later, Avis launched its innovative Wizard system, the company’s proprietary reservation technology. Avis changed ownership multiple times in the 70’s and 80’s, becoming employee-owned in 1987. That same year, Avis introduced the Roving Rapid Return, a handheld computer terminal allowing customers to bypass the Avis counter. Two years later, the company launched Avis Cares® a program aimed at promoting renter and employee safety. In 1996, HFS Incorporated acquired Avis, which was then spun off as a separate public company, all but the franchising rights, Wizard system, and reservation operations. In 2000, the company introduced Avis Interactive, the first Internet-based reporting system for commercial accounts in the car rental industry, which was significantly enhanced and re-launched in 2006. In March 2001, Cendant Corporation purchased all of the outstanding shares of Avis Group Holdings and later that year moved its world headquarters to Parsippany, NJ. In 2006, Cendant Corp. separated into four independent companies: Realogy, Wyndham Worldwide, Travelport and Avis Budget Group, Inc., which is now the parent company of Avis Car Rental. In 2011, Avis Budget Group acquires Avis Europe plc. The transaction re-unites Avis Budget Group with its licensee for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

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Location

Louis Armstrong New Orleans Intl Airport

Additional Location Information

AFTER-HOURS RETURNS

• Airport counter opens at 6am and closes at 10pm. However, our Preferred counter will remain open 24 hours. Therefore, if a customer is picking up a vehicle between 10pm-6am they are to go to the 2nd floor of the Consolidated Rental Car Facility.

PREFERRED SERVICE

• Proceed to the Preferred counter on the second floor of the Consolidated Rental Car Facility. To get there, walk to the West Terminal Baggage Claim and proceed outside the building. To your right is a covered walkway leading to the customer service building. Passengers with special needs should contact MVI Field Services at (615) 318-3108.
  TIME The walk takes approximately 10 minutes from the terminal to the Consolidated Car Rental Facility.

• Upon arrival at the rental facility, check your email on your smartphone or the Preferred board for the space number of your preassigned vehicle.
  You have the option to accept the preassigned car or exchange it for a similar car from the Select & Go Exchange Area or upgrade the car to a specialty vehicle from the Select & Go Upgrade Area. Cars in the Select & Go Upgrade Area have the additional daily cost posted on the hangtag.
  Once you have selected your vehicle, drive the vehicle to the exit booth and present your driver’s license to the Avis representative who will quickly complete the transaction and get you on your way.

*GENERAL DIRECTIONS*

• AIRLINE PASSENGERS: Proceed to the Consolidated Car Rental Facility. To get there, walk to the West Terminal Baggage Claim and proceed outside the building. To your right is a covered walkway leading to the customer service building. Passengers with special needs should contact MVI Field Services at (615) 318-3108.
  TIME The walk takes approximately 10 minutes from the terminal to the Consolidated Car Rental Facility.

• WALK-UP RENTERS Follow airport signs for Rental Car Return. They will lead to the Consolidated Car Rental Facility.