Blue Dart Express Limited, South Asia's premier number one express air and integrated transportation, distribution and logistics company, today declared its financial results for the first quarter (Q1) ended March 31, 2011, at its Board Meeting held in Mumbai.
The company posted Rs 36.11 cr profit after tax for the quarter ended March 31, 2011. Income from operations (inclusive of fuel surcharge) for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 stood at Rs 336.33 cr, an increase of 30.56% over the corresponding quarter of the previous year.
Anil Khanna, Managing Director, Blue Dart Express Ltd said, "Since inception, customer centricity has been of paramount importance to Blue Dart. We constantly innovate; strengthen our product portfolio to serve our customers with solutions that match up to meet their dynamic and evolving business needs. We will continue to focus on delivering world-class service quality, experience and maintain our reliability quotient”.
He further added, “Blue Dart continues to be viewed as a premium brand with high customer satisfaction. Our plan to support the Indian growth story is on track. This is also validated through the dominant market share and customer loyalty in Blue Dart Country. Our focus in the next 3-5 years will be to further build on this trust and remain customer’s First Choice."
About Blue Dart:
Blue Dart, South Asia's premier number one express air and integrated transportation, distribution and logistics company, offers secure and reliable delivery of consignments to over 25,646 locations in India. As part of the 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 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 Gold Award, 5 years in a row, Reader's Digest Most Trusted Brand Gold Award, 5 years in a row, one of India's Best Companies to Work For 2010 in a study by Economic Times and Great Place to Work® Institute, India, Forbes 'Best under a Billion' companies in Asia, Dun & Bradstreet top 500 companies of India, Brand Leadership Awards at the Asia Brand Congress and World Brand Congress, Best Service Provider of the Year, Organization with Innovative HR Practices 2009-10 and Best Employer Award on Employee Retention at the Global HR Excellence Awards, World HRD Congress Meet 2010 and 22nd CFBP Jamnalal Bajaj Fair Business Practices Award - 2010 in the category of Service Enterprises (Medium) to name a few.
Blue Dart accepts its social responsibility by supporting climate protection, disaster management and education. Apart from various other initiatives in Sustainability, in an effort to reducing its carbon footprint, Blue Dart registered an improvement on CO2 efficiency by 10% year-on-year,
