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{{Infobox company
|name             = dnata UK
|logo             = Dnata logo.svg
|type             = 
|traded_as        = 
|former_name      = Plane Handling
|foundation       = 1987
|founder          = 
|defunct          = 
|location_city    = [[Colnbrook]]
|location_country = England
|locations        = 
|area_served      =
|key_people       = 
|industry         = [[Aviation]] 
|services         = [[Aircraft ground handling]]<br />[[Airport lounge]]s
|revenue          = £148.8 million
|operating_income = £7.0 million
|net_income       = £4.6 million
|num_employees    = 2,000
|divisions        = 
|subsid           = 
|parent           = [[dnata]] 
|website          = [http://www.dnata.co.uk www.dnata.co.uk]}}

'''dnata UK''' is an [[aircraft ground handling]] company operating in England.

==History==
dnata UK was founded in 1987 as Plane Handling.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010202063700/http://www.planehandling.com/ About] Plane Handling</ref> By 1998, [[Gatwick Handling]] and [[Virgin Group]] each held a 50% shareholding. These were sold in October 1998 and August 2004 respectively to the [[Go-Ahead Group]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121123170503/http://go-ahead.com/~/media/Files/G/Go-Ahead/ir/presentations/archive_pres/1999pres/ar1999.pdf Annual report for year ended 3 July 1999] Go-Ahead Group</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121123165843/http://go-ahead.com/~/media/Files/G/Go-Ahead/ir/presentations/2005pres/ar2005/ar2005.pdf Annual report for year ended 2 July 2005] Go-Ahead Group</ref> In December 2009, the business was sold to [[dnata]] and rebranded.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110302024048/http://www.planehandling.com/pdf/PHL_Sale_03.12.09.pdf PHL sale] Plane Handling 3 December 2009</ref>

==Services==
dnata UK specialises in ground and cargo handling at [[Gatwick Airport|London Gatwick]], [[Heathrow Airport|London Heathrow]] (terminals [[Heathrow Terminal 2|2]], [[Heathrow Terminal 3|3]] and [[Heathrow Terminal 4|4]]) and [[Manchester Airport]]s.<ref>[https://www.dnata.com/en/global-network/united-kingdom Industry Leaders] dnata</ref> Its clients include [[Cathay Pacific]], [[Emirates (airline)|Emirates]], [[Etihad Airways|Etihad]], [[Singapore Airlines]] and [[Virgin Atlantic]].

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.dnata.co.uk}}

{{Emirates Group}}
{{Go-Ahead Group}}
{{Virgin Group}}

[[Category:Aircraft ground handling companies]]
[[Category:Go-Ahead Group companies]]
[[Category:The Emirates Group]]
[[Category:Transport companies established in 1987]]
[[Category:Virgin Group]]
[[Category:1987 establishments in England]]
[[Category:2009 mergers and acquisitions]]
[[Category:British subsidiaries of foreign companies]]