Dnata has moved with the times. Originally the Dubai National Air Travel Agency, it was started in 1959 under the management of International Aeradio - but everything it did and the way it subsequently developed was directed by the late H. H. Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, the visionary ruler of Dubai.

When Dubai Airport opened in 1960, an Airport Section of the company was formed to handle all documentation and correspondence, as well as aircraft and passengers. It had three staff plus three porters and a messenger and also handled civil flights to Sharjah and Abu Dhabi.

For more information please click on the appropriate link below to download a PDF document containing full the text of this chapter.