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Dnata Switzerland in joint venture at Geneva airport

  • United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, September 23 - 2009 at 10:01
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Following an open tender invitation, Dnata Switzerland has recently announced it will embark on a new joint venture company called GVAssistance to enable it to offer enhanced passenger services at Geneva airport.

The new joint venture company has been awarded the license with an initial duration of five years and will commence operation on November 1st this year. It will ensure that all travellers with reduced mobility will receive appropriate assistance as they pass through Geneva airport.

A range of special services will be extended to passengers travelling with Dnata's airline customers.

These will include providing departing passengers with help from check-in to boarding the aircraft and arriving passengers with assistance in retrieving their baggage from the belts inside the terminal.

Philippe Dessaux, Dnata's Director for Airline Handling, Geneva says:

"We at Dnata Geneva are proud to play an active part in this important initiative. It has always been our objective to ensure that disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility are given equal opportunity for air travel and to ensure that they receive every assistance on their journey through the airport from check-in to boarding."


Philippe, who is also a member of the board of GVAssistance added: The new license allows us to properly integrate our previous special services department into the new company to widen and improve our service to our airline clients and their passengers."
Philippe Dessaux.
Philippe Dessaux.
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About Dnata
Dnata was established in 1959 and celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. It is the ground and passenger handling agent at Dubai International Airport and the sole operator of the Dubai air cargo terminal. Dnata also has a number of international operations - today it provides ground handling services at 17 airports in seven countries, including Singapore, Australia, Switzerland and China.

About Dnata Switzerland AG
Dnata Switzerland AG employs more than 1,100 employees at the international airports of Zurich and Geneva. The company serves more than 60 airlines from around the world, including British Airways, Air France, KLM, Emirates, Etihad, Continental, Air Berlin, Helvetic Airways, Qatar Airways, Belair and Edelweiss. It offers the full range of airport handling activities, including passenger services, lounge, ramp-handling, station and load control services and cargo. In 2008, the company looked after more than 6.2m passengers, 65,000 aircraft movements and 75,000 tonnes of cargo.

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