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Dubai: The airport services company dnata handled over 5,000 cargo-in-cabin flights and moved 50,000 tons of shipments at Dubai International airport (DXB) since March last year.
Dnata said it “enhanced” services and trained more than 500 employees to handle passenger planes carrying cargo. To meet demand, several airlines introduced additional cargo capacity during the pandemic by using passenger aircraft with seats fully or partially removed from the cabin.
“There was intense demand for airlines to recoup revenue through cargo-in-cabin operations and we needed to be in a position to provide safe and effective ground handling services quickly,” said Paul Littlejohn, dnata s Divisional Vice-President for Airside Operations.