UAE Business: dnata boosts Erbil airport operations with strategic investment – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: dnata boosts Erbil airport operations with strategic investment – Gulf Digital News

Leading global air and travel services provider dnata has announced a significant expansion of its operations at Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

The company opened a new, advanced cool chain facility and a bus maintenance facility for its state-of-the-art bussing fleets at Erbil International Airport (EBL), which together represent a total investment of $3.5 million.

dnata has also announced that it would invest an additional $14 million and add a 16,000 sq m cargo warehouse to its infrastructure in Iraq. The three new facilities will create up to 100 local jobs with dnata, said the company in a statement.

According to dnata, the new cool chain facility can process 10,000 tonnes of perishables annually. It enables the group’s cargo team to offer an uncompromised chilled and frozen storage and cool chain product to its airline customers at EBL, catering to product categories including fresh fruit, meat and pharmaceuticals.

The facility was designed and built with flexibility and unique product handling requirements, taking advantage of the latest cold storage technologies.

On the new bus maintenance facility, dnata said it has been mainly designed to maintain a fleet of eight passenger apron buses and over 10 transportation buses operated at EBL.

In addition, it will ensure