Thrifty Car Rental Continues to Expand with the Addition of 44 Stores

TULSA, Oklahoma (July 29, 1999) -- Thrifty Car Rental continues to rapidly expand in the U.S. with the addition of 44 stores, eight new markets and in-terminal counters at Chicago Midway Airport, Mobile Regional Airport in Alabama, the new Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport in Bentonville, AR, and Manchester Airport in New Hampshire.

Thrifty opened last month at Midway Airport, which is undergoing a resurgence with record passenger traffic prompting construction of a new $510 million terminal building scheduled for completion in 2002.

The company also opened last month at the Northwest Arkansas airport in Bentonville, home of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Since the airport opened in November, four airlines have begun service to hubs in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Memphis and St. Louis, and a fifth is planning service to Kansas City and Little Rock.

Thrifty also recently opened in Des Moines, IA, Shreveport, LA, and McAllen, TX, all with airport-serving facilities. And Thrifty is now in Nashua, NH, Telluride, CO, and Aiken, SC, with suburban market locations.

In addition to the new market locations, Thrifty has added 44 new locations across the country since the first of the year. Those downtown, suburban and hotel facilities serve cities from Kahului, HI, to Fort Lauderdale, FL. Other new locations have also opened in several major cities, including Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Tucson, AZ; Huntsville, AL; Alexandria, VA; Rockville, MD and Pasadena, CA.

Thrifty Car Rental, a subsidiary of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., is an international network of about 1,200 locations in 67 countries around the world. Thrifty serves both the airport market and the local car rental market, and is one of the country's largest airport parking operators with more than 14,000 spaces in 48 U.S. cities.

Thrifty Car Rental, 918-669-2379