Blue Dart sales at Rs 2,268.45 crores

Chandigarh May 08, 2015: Blue Dart Express Limited, South Asia's premier express air and integrated transportation & distribution company, declared its financial results for the quarter & year ended March 31, 2015.


The company posted Rs 34.74 crores profit after tax for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 and Rs 126.84 crores for the year ended March 31, 2015. Net Sales/Income from operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 stood at Rs 570.99 crores and Rs 2,268.45 crores for the year ended March 31, 2015.

Anil Khanna, Managing Director said, "The macroeconomic situation in the last 2-3 years has not been encouraging to support growth. Despite an adverse external situation and challenges, the company has been able to deliver a reasonable performance, aided by our clear focus on the e-commerce vertical although the core verticals have not shown much traction."


He adds, "We all have to work as one team to increase revenue, reduce cost and improve efficiency, productivity and service quality. We are a insanely customer centric and highly people focused company. The brand is our most critical asset. The "I love my Blue Dart" campaign will continue throughout the year to enable us to deliver superior brand experience. At the end of the day, we always bet on our people as part of our people first philosophy to make the brand stronger."


During the year ended March 31, 2015, Blue Dart handled over 1,396.84 lacs domestic shipments, 8.95 lacs international shipments and over 558,537 tonnes of documents and parcels across the nation and 220 countries worldwide.




About Blue Dart:

Blue Dart Express Ltd., South Asia's premier express air and integrated transportation & distribution company, offers secure and reliable delivery of consignments to over 34,257 locations in India. As part of the DP DHL Group (DHL Express, DHL Global Forwarding & DHL Supply Chain), Blue Dart accesses the largest and most comprehensive express and logistics network worldwide, covering over 220 countries and territories and offers an entire spectrum of distribution services including air express, freight forwarding, supply chain solutions and customs clearance.


The Blue Dart team drives market leadership through its motivated people force, dedicated air and ground capacity, cutting-edge technology, wide range of innovative, vertical specific products and value-added services to deliver unmatched standards of service quality to its customers. Blue Dart's market leadership is further validated by numerous awards and recognitions from customers for exhibiting reliability, superior brand experience and sustainability. Some of these include Superbrand and 'Reader's Digest Most Trusted Brand Award', one of 'India's Best Companies to Work For' by The Great Place to Work® Institute five times in a row, 'Outstanding Contribution to the Cause of Education' - Global HR Excellence Awards 2011-2012, BSE Best CSR Practice Award and 22nd CFBP Jamnalal Bajaj Fair Business Practices Award - 2010 in the category of Service Enterprises (Medium) to name a few.