industry aviation outsourcing founded 1987 headquarters london heathrow airport products aircraft ground handling airport lounges number of employees circa 2000 parent dnata website www.dnata.co.uk dnata ltd formerly plane handling ltd is one of the largest independent aircraft ground handling companies in the united kingdom . it was founded in 1987 at radius park . the company specialises in ground and cargo handling and is headquartered at london heathrow airport . dnata uk runs services at heathrow and manchester airports . its clients include eva air emirates singapore etihad virgin atlantic airways air new zealand air india jet cathay pacific and other international airlines at heathrow . as plane handling the company was owned by the go ahead group until it was sold along with parts of aviance uk to dnata in december 2009 . 1 the company was subsequently renamed under the dnata brand . references edit london heathrow 3 december 2009 plane handling external links edit official website v t e the emirates group subsidiaries emirates airline subsidiaries emirates skycargo dnata dnata travel services dnata uk dnata singapore emirates flight catering related articles emirates fleet emirates business model emirates destinations emirates skycargo destinations dubai marriott harbour hotel & suites people ahmed bin saeed al maktoum maurice flanagan tim clark incidents emirates flight 407 emirates flight 521 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dnata uk & oldid 740457467 categories aircraft ground handling companiesbritish companies established in 1987the emirates group navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 september 2016 at 05 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view