Los Angeles, USA, 9 July 2024 – dnata, a leading global air and travel services provider, has been awarded a multi-year contract to provide quality inflight catering services to ITA Airways from its facilities at Los Angeles International (LAX) and San Francisco International (SFO) airports.
dnata’s highly trained teams will produce and uplift more than 200,000 meals annually to ensure a world-class dining experience on board the Italian flag carrier’s daily flights from both airports to Rome.
Peter DeVito, Chief Executive Officer, dnata Catering North America, said: “We are proud to have been selected as the exclusive catering supplier to ITA Airways in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Our experienced team will contribute to the excellent on-board experience by consistently delivering outstanding meals that passengers love.
“We look forward to a long and prosperous partnership with the ITA Airways team.”
Including ITA Airways, dnata provides catering and retail services to over 40 airline customers at 12 airports with a team of more than 1,000 hospitality professionals throughout the USA. In Los Angeles and San Francisco, dnata uplifted over three million meals for over 11,000 individual flights in the last financial year 2023-24.
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.
About dnata
Inflight Catering
As our industry continues to evolve, we continue to invest. Now spanning more than 60 global locations, we continue to invest in growing our business through technology, new facilities and acquisitions. We’re growing where our customers want us to.
Over the past years, we’ve expanded our operations across the USA, Canada, the UAE and the UK and continue to invest in new opportunities as we look to better serve our loyal customers and provide to new ones; we’ve opened a new 6,500 m2, state-of-the-art unit in Dublin in order to service Aer Lingus, as well as new facilities in Luton and London City.
We plan to expand further within Rome, Italy, and to upgrade our operations with new, more sustainable equipment and a green vehicle fleet in the near future.
Most recently, we’ve made a significant expansion in our retail capabilities across Europe and built our first airport lounge and transit hotel in Sharjah, UAE.
Our highly-experienced chefs have served in the world’s leading hotels, restaurants, product manufacturers and other food and hospitality industries, including flight catering.
We recruit the best, international talent and invest in their ongoing development, through training and mentoring, and by providing opportunities to work across our global network. Our executive chefs inspire the next generation of leaders in our business, whilst ensuring we deliver product across every class that exceeds our customers’ expectations.
