Article: ANC Rental Faces Resistance from Airports over Its Two-Brand Plan.

By Patrick Danner, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 27--ANC Rental Corp. has hit a roadblock in its efforts to combine the operations of its two rental-car companies.

At least two airports have taken steps to prohibit car-rental companies from operating more than one brand at individual concession counters.

The actions by Baltimore-Washington International Airport and Norfolk International Airport throw a wrench into ANC's efforts to cut costs and emerge from bankruptcy by combining the operations of Alamo Rent A Car and National Car Rental System.

The dual-branding strategy, which ANC has said will save it ...

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