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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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