Airport Offers Upgraded Rental Car Service

The upgrade of services at the Altoona-Blair County Airport hasn’t stopped with the switching of carriers from Boutique Airlines to Contour Airlines. While Contour offers a new flight experience for travelers, a new rental car agreement with Aero Corp. has brought an Avis/Budget franchise to the airport.

While Boutique offered rental cars, Nick Bechtel, rental car manager, said this is the first time a national chain has set up at the airport. Bechtel said Boutique’s rental service had limitations and the cars that were rented at the airport had to be returned to the airport. With Avis/Budget,...