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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
its 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
its 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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