E-commerce vertical helps: Blue Dart PAT rises to Rs. 34.74 crore

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08 May, 2015

The company posted sales at Rs. 2,268.45 crore;for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 and Rs. 126.84 crore for the year ended March 31, 2015.

Blue Dart Express Limited, South Asia's premier express air and integrated transportation & distribution company, declared its financial results for the quarter & year ended March 31, 2015, at the Board Meeting held in Mumbai.

The company posted Rs. 34.74 crore profit after tax for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 and Rs.126.84 crore for the year ended March 31, 2015. Net Sales/Income from operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 stood at Rs. 570.99 crore and Rs. 2,268.45 crore for the year ended March 31, 2015.

Anil Khanna, Managing Director said, "The macroeconomic situation in the last 2-3 years has not been encouraging to support growth. Despite an adverse external situation and challenges, the company has been able to deliver a reasonable performance, aided by our clear focus on the e-commerce vertical although the core verticals have not shown much traction."

During the year ended March 31, 2015, Blue Dart handled over 1,396.84 lacs domestic shipments, 8.95 lacs international shipments and over 558,537 tonnes of documents and parcels across the nation and 220 countries worldwide.