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holiday autos has announced a new partnership deal with low cost airline Jet2.com. The firm has been named the car rental partner for the Leeds Bradford-based carrier from November 1.

Jet2.com passengers will be able to book holiday autos rentals to accompany their low cost flights via the airline's own website www.Jet2.com, via the Jet2.com call centre Tel: 0870 737 82 82 or by dialing the relevant number from overseas.

holiday autos managing director Mathew Hart said: "We are delighted to be chosen as the preferred car rental supplier for Jet2.com The partnership will generate important new business for holiday autos, but more significantly, the alliance will strengthen our position as travel's leading low cost car rental firm, supporting our 'fly low cost, drive low cost' message.

"The continued growth of independent travel has resulted in a huge uptake in the car rental market in recent years and now a large number of all our rentals are booked in conjunction with a low cost flight," he added. "We are very excited to be working with Jet2.com, a low cost airline which is growing rapidly."

holiday autos is the world's largest leisure car rental firm, working with selected suppliers in 4,000 locations around the globe. The company offers more than 40 rental locations in Jet2.com's destinations of Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Belfast, Faro, Geneva, Leeds-Bradford, Malaga, Murcia, Nice, Palma, Prague, and Venice.

Rental rates start from just £9* per day in Malaga, £13* per day in Barcelona and £16* per day in Nice. holiday autos has a best price guarantee offering to match or beat any lower like-for-like quote.

Hart said: "Jet2.com flies to some of Europe's most popular holiday hotspots where demand for cars is always high and prices remain competitive year-round.

"We can offer Jet2.com customers great deals on car hire and will be running a series of exclusive promotions in Jet2.com locations to drive rental prices even lower."

Julian Carr, business development manager for Jet2.com said: "Jet2.com is delighted to announce our partnership with holiday autos, who we believe are ideally placed to provide our customers with low cost car hire, ensuring they are offered truly competitive prices from start to finish when they book via the Jet2.com website. We look forward to working with holiday autos to offer our customers fantastic special offers whenever they travel, be it for business or leisure purposes."

*based on one week's rental, prices subject to location and availability

notes to editors:

Founded in the UK in 1987, holiday autos revolutionised the leisure rental market by offering pre-bookable, fully inclusive car hire packages Following the early success of the company in the UK, the company expanded first into Europe and then globally. What followed was one of the fastest and largest expansion programmes the travel industry has ever seen. Today the holiday autos group is the world's largest leisure rental company, operating out of 40 countries worldwide. In 2002 group turnover was £154million. In March 2003 holiday autos was bought by internet lifestyle solutions giant lastminute.com for £43million.

holiday autos founder Clive Jacobs remains company chief executive and is also a vice-chairman of lastminute.com. At 42, Jacobs is the youngest person to have been welcomed into the travel industry's honoured Hall of Fame, joining the likes of Richard Branson, Lord Forte and Bill Butlin.

Jet2.com is a subsidiary of Dart Group plc, the aviation services and distribution group with over 25 years' commercial aviation experience.