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Dnata's new charters to focus on regional airports, Bevan confirms

Operators
Sophie Griffiths
11 November 2019

The new charter programme launched by the parent company of Gold Medal and Travel 2 will focus on regional airports across the country, with flights set to be on sale before Christmas, dnata Travel Europe’s chief executive has revealed.

“There have been a lot of learnings and it’s been a hell of journey," says dnata Travel Europe boss

John Bevan said the new operation would “definitely not be a London-centric proposition”.

The move will see the group creating short and medium-haul capacity which will be used across dnata’s B2B and B2C portfolio, the latter of which includes Travel Republic, Netflights and Travelbag.

Dnata has appointed former Thomas Cook Airlines’ digital, UK and international sales director Henry Sunley as director of air supply at the group, to lead the operation. He said he was “particularly excited by the opportunity to build a charter proposition for the group, using my expertise in this area to maximise what we see as being a market with considerable potential.”