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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.
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