Dnata to buy Qantas’ catering businesses
dubai — Dnata on Wednesday announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Qantas’ catering businesses.
In a statement, the Dubai-based global air services provider said the agreement is subject to approval from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Qantas’ catering businesses include wholly-owned subsidiaries Q Catering Limited and Snap Fresh Pty Limited. Q Catering has centres in 4 Australian ports — Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, with its largest airline customer being Qantas.
This includes investing in more infrastructure, starting with a new catering facility in sydney Robin Padgett, Dnata’s divisional senior vice-president of catering
Snap Fresh is a state-of-the-art meal production plant in Queensland, specialising in Australianmade frozen meals for airlines and customers in the healthcare and food retail industries.
Dnata’s divisional senior vicepresident of catering, Robin Padgett said this agreement reflects “our confidence in Australia as a market” and the ongoing growth potential into the future.
“By combining dnata’s network strength and international talent with Qantas’ domestic catering expertise, this will allow us to further grow our presence and deliver catering excellence to more customers across Australia than ever before. This includes investing in more infrastructure, starting with a new catering facility in Sydney.”
Under the agreement, dnata will supply catering for Qantas flights for an initial period of 10 years, and Qantas will continue to work with key suppliers in menu design and development.
Qantas Domestic CEO Andrew David said the catering businesses will benefit significantly from dnata’s global footprint, catering expertise and ability to drive investment and growth for what is a core focus of its operation.
“Customers will continue to enjoy Qantas’ premium service, including unique Rockpool-designed menus for first and business passengers, showcasing the best of Australian produce for millions of travellers each year.”
Dubai-headquartered dnata already operates 11 catering facilities in Australia, currently trading under the dnata catering brand (recently rebranded from Alpha Flight Services). Dnata employs more than 4,000 people in Australia across its catering, cargo and ground handling businesses.
— business@khaleejtimes.com