Dubai: dnata, a top international provider of air and travel services, has secured a long-term contract from Etihad Airways in the USA. Through the new cooperation, dnata will use its facilities at Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to offer the airline located in Abu Dhabi first-rate in-flight food services.
The provider’s highly trained teams will produce and uplift more than 125,000 meals annually to ensure a world-class dining experience on board the airline’s four weekly flights to Abu Dhabi, starting 31st March 2024.
Peter DeVito, Chief Executive Officer, dnata Catering North America, remarked that, “We are delighted to have been appointed as the exclusive catering supplier to Etihad Airways in Boston. Our experienced team will consistently deliver outstanding culinary products that contribute to the passenger’s exceptional journey.
“We look forward to working closely with Etihad and will continue to invest in our people, infrastructure and products to be the best in everything we do,” DeVito added.
Including Etihad Airways, dnata provides catering and retail services to 40 airline customers at 12 airports with a team of more than 1,000 hospitality professionals throughout the USA. In Boston, dnata uplifted 1.5 million meals for 8000 individual flights at Boston Logan Airport in the last financial year 2022-23.
dnata’s catering and retail division is one of the world’s leading inflight hospitality providers. The company’s 10,500 catering professionals produce over 110 million meals annually, serving full service, low-cost and VIP carriers from more than 60 locations.