{"id":19184,"date":"2019-04-24T10:50:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T06:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=19184"},"modified":"2019-04-24T10:50:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T06:50:13","slug":"dnata-invests-in-u-s-catering-operations-opens-five-new-catering-facilities-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/dnata-invests-in-u-s-catering-operations-opens-five-new-catering-facilities-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"dnata Invests In U.S. Catering Operations; Opens Five New Catering Facilities In 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers, continues to invest in its catering operations in the United States.\u00a0 The company has opened a new, 4,700 m\u00b2 (51,000 ft2<\/sup>) facility at George Bush\u00a0Intercontinental Airport\u00a0(IAH) and now offers quality catering services in Houston with a capacity of more than 10,000 meals a day.<\/p>\n

dnata’s latest expansion will create more than 150 new jobs with the company.\u00a0The launch customer is British Airways, which operates two daily flights from Houston.<\/p>\n

Robin Padgett, Divisional Senior Vice President for dnata’s catering division, said:\u00a0<\/strong>“We are delighted to open another best-in-class catering facility at a major U.S. airport. Our expansion into Houston once again underlines our commitment to the United States, where we see excellent business opportunities for dnata.”<\/p>\n

“In 2019 we will continue to enhance our operations in the country by investing in new facilities and growing our team with highly-skilled, local catering professionals. We look forward to providing quality services and products to an increasing number of airlines in the U.S. ensuring an exceptional dining experience for their passengers on each flight.”<\/p>\n

dnata expanded in the U.S. catering market in 2018 through the acquisition of 121 Inflight Catering. Besides Houston, dnata currently operates\u00a0catering facilities at three U.S. airports, in New York (JFK), Nashville (BNA) and Orlando (SFB), serving commercial, VIP and private aviation companies, fixed base operators and charter aircraft operators.<\/p>\n

In 2019, dnata will further enhance its operations in the country opening four\u00a0additional catering facilities at the airports of Boston (BOS), Los Angeles (LAX), Newark (EWR) and San Francisco (SFO).\u00a0 By year-end, dnata will provide quality catering services at eight U.S. airports.<\/p>\n

Over the past two years dnata has invested significantly in growing its global catering network. The company acquired Qantas Airways’ catering division and opened new catering facilities in Canberra and Melbourne\u00a0in Australia, and Dublin in Ireland. This year dnata will further increase its global footprint by establishing operations in Vancouver, Canada.<\/p>\n

As one of the world’s leading inflight caterers, dnata’s catering team now operates from 63 locations in 11 countries, producing over 320,000 world-class meals every\u00a0day.<\/p>\n

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dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers, continues to invest in its catering operations in the United States.\u00a0 The company has opened a new, 4,700 m\u00b2 (51,000 ft2) facility at George Bush\u00a0Intercontinental Airport\u00a0(IAH) and now offers quality catering services in Houston with a capacity of more than 10,000 meals a day. dnata’s latest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19188,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19184\/revisions\/19188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}