Consolidated rental car facility

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A consolidated rental car facility (CRCF) is a complex that hosts numerous rental car agencies. They are often found at American airports.

[edit] History

A CRCF exists at Newark Liberty International Airport, and Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

Cleveland Hopkins International Airport has operated a CRCF since late 1998.

December 1998 saw the opening of the CRCF at San Francisco International Airport. ^[1]

The CRCF at Albuquerque International Sunport opened in March 2001. ^[2]

In August 2003, a CRCF opened at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas. ^[3]

In January 2005, a CRCF opened at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida. At that time, it was the largest CRCF in the United States.^[4]

Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona saw the opening of its CRCF in January 2006.^[5]

A CRCF opened at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada in April of 2007.

The CRCF opened at Kansas City International Airport on May 2, 2007.^[6]

The CRCF at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport opened in July 2007. [2]

A CRCF will open at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, sometime in 2009

As of February 2007, there are conceptual plans to build a CRCF at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport.^[7]

The CRCF at Memphis International Airport is expected to open in 2011. [3]

The CRCF at New Orleans Louis Armstrong International Airport is expected to open in 2012. [4]

[edit] Controversy

In Phoenix, the CRCF apparently resulted in higher car-rental fees as the costs of building the new facility were passed on to the consumers. As a result, some travelers upon arriving in Phoenix take a cab to a local rental-car office, which allows them to save money. [5]

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