Avis and British Airways are to launch a shared check-in facility at London Heathrow, designed to make travelling through the airport to the aircraft as swift and simple as possible.

 

From April, customers will be able to return their Avis car and then check-in at a British Airways desk located within Avis' office. The desk will be staffed by British Airways representative's from Sunday to Friday, 8am - 8pm, and will be situated within a dedicated area at Avis' Heathrow location on Northrop Road, the biggest car rental facility in Europe.

 

The new facility will feature all the standard British Airways check-in facilities and customers will be able to check in both hand and hold luggage. Passengers will be issued with a boarding pass thereby allowing them to bypass check-in in the terminal building and go straight to passport control.

 

The Avis location has a fleet of courtesy buses which touch down at all four of the airport's terminals every four minutes, allowing passengers to get from the Avis location to the main airport building quickly and easily.

 

Heathrow Airport will also witness a further development, following the partnership launch. Avis is to introduce an innovative customer service screen at British Airways' Gate 5 at Heathrow terminal 1.

 

Using leading edge flat screen technology, a plasma panel will display special Avis offers, general rental information and generic advertising, which can be updated daily. In addition, customers will be able to connect straight through to Avis' Central Reservations via a dedicated phone booth adjacent to the screen.

 

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