Dnata in race for Indian airports bid

Dubai: Dnata will submit proposals for strategic partnership with the Airports Authority of India to offer ground handling solutions for India's airports as the government is looking at privatising its airports, a top Emirates official said.
The deadline for submission is April 30, 2007.
"We are going to submit proposals to Indian authorities for ground handling projects in four days as the April 30 deadline is very close," Gary Chapman, President of Group Services and Dnata, told Gulf News.
Dnata, the ground handling, ticketing and reservation arm of Emirates Group, has, ground handling operations in nine international airports including Dubai, Singapore Changi, Guangzhou, Iran, Karachi among others.
Dnata, which has a strong airport ground handling operations as well ticketing and reservation business, recorded a solid performance with revenue growth of 16.5 per cent to Dh2.1 billion ($565 million) compared with Dh1.8 billion ($485 million). Dnata's profits of Dh360 million ($98 million) represent an increase of 11 per cent compared to last year’s Dh324 million ($88 million).
26/04/07 Saifur Rahman/Gulf News, United Arab Emirates

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