Air Transport

dnata Launches Passenger Services at JFK Airport  

Service launched for Panama’s Copa Airlines

TLME News Service

dnata has launched passenger handling operations at New York’s JFK Airport.  The company already provides ground handling to over 50 airlines in the United States.

The launch customer is Copa Airlines, the flag carrier of Panama, which operates four daily flights with an annual capacity of 364,000 passengers between New York and Panama City using the Boeing 737 aircraft.

dnata Starting Home Check-in Service

Having been awarded with over 40 new contracts in the United States in the past 12 months. Including Copa Airlines, dnata’s global ground handling operations now serve over 270 airlines at 75 airports in 13 countries.

David Barker, Chief Executive Officer of dnata USA, said:  “Commencing passenger handling operations at New York-JFK is an important milestone for dnata in the USA.

“Expanding our passenger services portfolio is part of our overall strategy to offer a full range of quality ground handling services in all of our 27 airports in the country.”

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