Blue Dart Sales at Rs. 209.07 Crore

Mumbai, 15th April, 2009: Blue Dart Express Limited, South Asia’s premier number one express air and integrated transportation, distribution and logistic company, today declared its financial results for the first quarter (Q1) ended March 31, 2009, at its Board Meeting held in Mumbai.

The company posted Rs . 11.68 crore profit after tax for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. Income from operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 stood at Rs. 209.07 crore.

Anil Khanna, Managing Director, Blue Dart Express Ltd said, “We are in the midst of a global economic downturn but, Blue Dart as a customer-centric organization is focused on innovation and delivering value added products and services. We have been constantly upgrading our products to give customized and quality services to our customers. Our focus is to deliver maximum benefits in these difficult times by utilizing our strong infrastructure, technology, reach and people. This in the long run will be an added advantage in terms of providing the entire gamut of solutions possible to our customers, who stand to benefit immensely, along with the fact that they would bring in sustained and increased revenues for the organization ”

“Whilst externally the focus is on adding value to customer businesses, internally the organization is focused on optimizing cost efficiencies, sweating of assets and building operational excellence.” added Anil Khanna.

Blue Dart is committed to 25 product and service initiatives to be rolled out in a phased manner during the course of the year, many of which have already been launched. These initiatives focus on customized requirements for specific verticals and will further improve Blue Dart’s already best-in-class service quality, through programs like First Choice & Net Promoter Approach.

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 21,340 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.

Blue Dart was selected a Business Superbrand for the fourth time consecutively from over 1,699 brands and received the Readers Digest’s Most Trusted Brand Gold Award, three years in a row. It has been listed twice in the Dun & Bradstreet top 500 companies in India. Blue Dart has been awarded with the Asia Brand Congress Brand Leadership Award 2008. It has also been listed as one of the Forbes ‘Best under Billion’ companies.

The Blue Dart team drives market leadership through its motivated people force, dedicated air capacity, cutting-edge technology, innovation, and value-added services to deliver unmatched standards of service quality to its customers. For further information, please visit our website at www.bluedart.com