Blue Dart Ties Up With China Airlines

Blue Dart, India's largest integrated air express company, has tied up with China Airlines. This interline agreement enables the domestic distribution of import loads for China Airlines.

Blue Dart Express Limited has dedicated bonded warehouse/facilities in the five metros to facilitate transhipment of bonded cargo. Today, Blue Dart has the only reliable infrastructure to provide a delivery capability for large volumes of air cargo. The imports on China Airlines are from Taiwan and consist essentially of computer parts and peripherals, as well as machinery spare parts.

Apart from this new agreement, Blue Dart Express Limited carries interline cargo for 14 other international airlines like Air India, Air France, Alitalia, Emirates, Singapore Airlines and Swissair from its five hubs - Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai - to and from the gateways of these international carriers.

Blue Dart has pioneered the concept of an all-jet cargo network in India. Its Boeing 737 freighters offer a capacity of 16 tonnes each, enabling the company to provide overnight delivery for a wide range of shipments to its five hubs and distribution to 11,558 locations in India. This has helped Blue Dart consolidate its market share in the Indian express industry and emerge as a leading domestic player. Today, Blue Dart's infrastructure includes two Boeing 737s and a countrywide communication network, which offers its customers' package tracking and tracing. Blue Dart is the only express company with an ISO9001 certification.

Blue Dart Express Limited is India's leading express company with a 38% share in the domestic market. Blue Dart today offers a comprehensive range of services and products for both international and domestic shippers. Blue Dart's continuous commitment towards understanding the needs and concerns of the customer has enabled it to provide unmatched standards of service quality of 99.95% reliability levels in the express industry. Over the years, Blue Dart has managed to expand this market rapidly which is reflected in its turnover growth over the last three years. Blue Dart is the largest Global Service Participant of FedEx, the world's largest air express transportation company.

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Dated : January 10, 2001