DHL’s Indian subsidiary Blue Dart Express announced encouraging results from Mumbai on Monday – a19% sales rise for the first half of this calendar year to EUR 66.5 million (INR 3.69 billion).
Profit before tax rose by over 14% to EUR 9.22 million (INR 511.7 million) compared to 2005.
“We have always taken every possible step to ensure that our delivery promise continues toextend beyond just timeliness and encompasses the values that our brand stands for – serviceexcellence, quality and reliability,” said Anil Khanna, managing director.
“We have and will continue to invest in an infrastructure that would support our country’sgrowth. We have recently added a new air route, augmenting our capacity on the North-South corridorto meet the strong current and projected demands.
“Our air capacity has now expanded to a payload of 300 tonnes through 62 routes every night,confirming Blue Dart’s position as the undisputed market leadership in the domestic expresssegment, and its unique capability to offer the entire spectrum of distribution solutions.”
Blue Dart said it now shipped to over 14,400 locations in India and is listed amongst the Dun& Bradstreet top 500 companies in India.
