Blue Dart Aviation
IATA ICAO Callsign
BZ[1] BDA BLUE DART[2]
Founded1995[3]
Hubs
Fleet size8
Destinations8
Parent company Deutsche Post DHL Group (70%)
HeadquartersChennai, Tamil Nadu
Key peopleTushar Jani (Chairman)
Tulsi N Mirchandaney (Managing director)[2]
Websitebluedartaviation.com

Blue Dart Aviation is a cargo airline based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It serves 7 Indian metro cities with its main base as Chennai International Airport. German courier company Deutsche Post owns a 70% stake in the airline through its subsidiary Blue Dart Express.[4][5] It provides service in 220 plus countries and territories all over the world through their parent company's parcel service DHL. Blue Dart opened its dedicated cargo facility at Mumbai airport near Terminal 1 on 7 February 2019. The facility measures 4,300 square meters and has air-side and city-side access, allowing for faster transfer of shipments.[6]

Destinations

Blue Dart Aviation flies to the following destinations within India, as of February 2023:[2]

City Airport Notes Ref
AhmedabadSardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
BangaloreKempegowda International Airport
ChennaiChennai International AirportHub
DelhiIndira Gandhi International Airport
HyderabadRajiv Gandhi International AirportHub
KolkataNetaji Subhas Chandra Bose International AirportHub
MumbaiChhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
GuwahatiLokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport[7]

Fleet

Current fleet

Blue Dart Boeing 757-200SF

As of April 2023, Blue Dart Aviation operates the following aircraft:[8][9][10]

Blue Dart Aviation fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Notes
Boeing 737-800PCF 2 — Operated for DHL Aviation[11]
Boeing 757-200PCF 6 —
Total 8 —

Former fleet

One of the 737-200Fs Operated by Blue Dart

The airline operated the Boeing 737-200F until 2014.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "IATA – Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Corporate details, Blue dart Aviation". bluedartaviation.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Airline Information". ch-aviation. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Blue Dart Express Buys Majority Stake in Blue Dart Aviation". NDTV. 22 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Blue Dart Express raises stake in aviation company". 22 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Blue Dart launches a new state-of-the-art facility at Mumbai International Airport". India Infoline. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "About Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport - IndiaAirport.com". indiaairport.com. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 16.
  9. ↑ "India's Blue Dart Express buys out Blue Dart Aviation". ch-aviation. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "Blue Dart Aviation Fleet Details". airfleets. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  11. ↑ "Blue Dart Aviation Fleet Details". planespotters. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  12. ↑ "India's Blue Dart Aviation retires country's last B737-200(F)". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
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