Dnata has secured a multi-year contract with Azul Airlines at Orlando International Airport (MCO) in the USA. dnata will provide its safe and reliable ramp services to the Brazilian carrier, which operates a twice-daily service between Aeroporto Internacional de Recife-Guararapes (REC) and Orlando. dnata’s dedicated team will contribute to a quality travel experience for 175,000 passengers on Azul Airline’s over 600 annual flights.

Including Azul Airlines, dnata now provides ground handling services to three airlines in Orlando with a team of 150 aviation professionals, who ensure the safe and timely operations of over 12,000 flights a year.

David Barker, dnata’s Regional CEO, Airport Operations – Americas, said: “We welcome Azul Airlines, one of our largest customers in South America, to Orlando. We look forward to continuing our long-standing, excellent partnership. Our recent win of Azul Airline’s PEXX award for Best Punctuality underlines our commitment and ability to provide the highest level of quality and safety to the airline and its customers.”

dnata has been a trusted partner of Azul Airlines since 2016. The two companies’ successful partnership currently covers 22 airports across Brazil and the USA.

dnata provides a range of ground handling, logistics and cargo services to more than 70 airline customers throughout the USA with 3,300 customer-oriented employees. In the financial year 2023-24, dnata turned around over 60,000 flights, handling over 18 million passengers and 200,000 tonnes of cargo in the country.

dnata is a leading global air and travel services provider. Established in 1959, the company offers quality and safe ground handling, cargo, travel, catering and retail services in over 30 countries across six continents. In the financial year 2022-23, dnata’s customer-oriented teams handled over 710,000 aircraft turns, moved over 2.7 million tonnes of cargo, uplifted 111.4 million meals, and recorded a total transaction value (TTV) of travel services of US$ 1.9 billion.