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DNATA was established by an Amiri
Decree in 1959 by the late Sheikh Rashid
Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, providing
ground handling services to all airlines
at Dubai International Airport. By 1961
it was handling 772 scheduled flights
and 10,500 passengers. Today the Company
handles annually 80,000 aircraft movements,
6.5 million passengers and over 250,000
tons of cargo.
Nearly
forty years on DNATA has evolved into
a group of companies that includes Emirates
Airlines, Mercator (one of their roles
is being NDC for Galileo in 4 countries),
DNATA Cargo (Cargo Terminal Operator),
DNATA Airport services (sole handling
agent for all carriers that operate into
Dubai International Airport) and of course,
DNATA Agencies is one of the largest travel
agencies in the world.
This is
all a far cry from the days of operating
from one shop in Al-Nasr square, to now
owning over 25 retail outlets throughout
the UAE and having a fully computerized
network that links it’s offices in
several countries. The Airline Centre,
Headquarters of the Organization in Dubai,
has about 1500 PCs linked to the LAN.
The Company has an enviable reputation
in the Region for market leaders in several
segments of the business.
DNATA is
a household name in the UAE and one that
commands a significant amount of power.
The Company has been voted for fiveconsecutive
years as the Best Travel Agency in the
Middle East. In October 1996, DNATA in
an unprecedented move, changed the name
of it’s business travel division
to BTI UAE. In doing so the Company displayed
a tremendous degree of dedicated commitment
and absolute belief in the philosophy
of BTI. |
