Last Updated: 2026

Blue Dart Express

Rank#5751

Market Cap1.20B

CountryIndia

Summary

Blue Dart Express Limited provides courier and express services. It provides day-definite and time-definite delivery schedules across air and ground network under the Domestic Priority, Dart Apex, Dart Surfaceline, and Dart Plus names; door-to-door ground distribution service to approximately 35,000 locations for shipments weighing 10 kgs and above under the Dart Surfaceline name; and industry-specific services. The company also offers air freight services between the airports of Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Ahmedabad; air and ground express packaging services under the Smart Box name; wood-free palletized packaging; shipment for freight of 50kg, 75kg, or above 100kg; door-to-door express deliveries for documents and packages; international services; and temperature controlled logistics solutions, as well as operates domestic express airline charter. Its infrastructure includes a fleet of 6 Boeing 757-200 freighters with a capacity of approximately 500 tonnes per night; and a flotilla of approximately 12,000 vehicles and 2,347 facilities. The company was founded in 1983 and is based in Mumbai, India. Blue Dart Express Limited is a subsidiary of DHL Express (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

History

Blue Dart was founded by Tushar Jani and his friends Khushroo Dubash and Clyde Cooper in November 1983. In its early years, Blue Dart had a business agreement with Gelco Express International, UK, for the operations of international air package express services from India.In 2010–11, it introduced ?cash on delivery ? to its customers as an additional payment option for its courier services. Khushroo Dubash initiated studies on a "Hub and Spoke" concept for the company's distribution networking.

Mission

To be the best and set the pace in the express air and integrated transportation and distribution industry, with a business and human conscience.

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Dart_Express

https://in.investing.com/equities/blue-dart-express

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BLUEDART.NS/profile?p=BLUEDART.NS

https://www.comparably.com/companies/blue-dart-express

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/bluedart-com

https://companiesmarketcap.com/

https://www.bluedart.com

Leadership team

Mr. Balfour Manuel (MD & Exec. Director)