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Blue Dart Aviation
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| Blue Dart | ||
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| IATA BZ |
ICAO BDA |
Callsign BLUE DART |
| Founded | 1994 | |
| Fleet size | 7 | |
| Destinations | 7 | |
| Parent company | Blue Dart Aviation Ltd | |
| Headquarters | Chennai | |
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| Website: http://www.bluedartaviation.com | ||
Blue Dart Aviation is a cargo airline based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It operates scheduled night express cargo flights including domestic and regional charters. It has an in-house maintenance capability and provides aircraft maintenance and engineering support to other airlines. Its main bases are Hindustan Airport, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Indira Gandhi International Airport and Chennai International Airport, with hubs at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport and Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport.[citation needed]
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The airline was established on 31 May 1994 and started operations on 17 June 1996. It is wholly owned by Blue Dart Express (Tushar Jani and Khushroo Dubash)[1] and is now part of DHL.
Blue Dart Aviation operates freight services to the following domestic destinations (as of January 2005)[citation needed]: Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Mumbai.
Aircraft operations take place after dusk, six nights a week, with day halts at Bangalore (B732SF),Delhi (B732SF),Kolkata (B752SF) & Chennai (B752SF, 3 B732SF).
The airline started operations with 3 converted Boeing 737-200s bought from Indian Airlines and gradually expanded over the years. In 2006, after being taken over by DHL, Boeing 757-200 freighters were inducted into the fleet.
The current fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2007 [1]:
- ^ a b Flight International 27 March 2007
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