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]} Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... IATA airline designators, sometimes called IATA reservation codes, are two-character codes assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to the worlds airlines in accordance with the provisions of Resolution 762. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ICAO airline code. ... Most airlines employ a distinctive and internationally recognised call sign that is normally spoken during airband radio transmissions as a prefix to the flight number. ... “Madras” redirects here. ... An Airbus A380 of Emirates Airline An airline provides air transport services for passengers or freight. ... “Madras” redirects here. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... HAL Airport or Hindustan Airport (IATA code: BLR; ICAO code: VOBG) is the currently operating domestic and international airport for the city of Bangalore. ... Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (IATA: CCU, ICAO: VECC) is an airport located in Dum Dum, West Bengal, India, near Kolkata (Calcutta). ... Check-in area of domestic departure terminal 1A Indian executive lounge in domestic departure terminal 1A Security hold area of domestic departure terminal 1A Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport (IATA: DEL, ICAO: VIDP), located in the city of Delhi, India is one of Indias main domestic and international gateways. ... A scene from the viewing gallery Chennai International Airport (IATA: MAA, ICAO: VOMM) is located in Meenambakkam, 7 km south of Chennai, India. ... Hyderabad International Airport is under construction near Shamshabad about 30 km from City to serve Hyderabad, India. ... Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (IATA: AMD, ICAO: VAAH) is an airport in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. ... Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (IATA: BOM, ICAO: VABB), formerly Sahar International Airport, is an airport in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India. ...

History

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, Khushroo Dubash and Clyde Cooper)^[1] and is now part of DHL. May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... A DHL Boeing 757 A DHL Sprinter van DHL Boat in Venice DHL Truck in Singapore DHL boat in Amsterdam, carrying DHL bicycles aboard DHL is a Deutsche Post company that provides international shipping of documents and freight as well as contract logistics. ...

Services

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. Ongoing events • Iraqi legislative election • Bill C-38 (Same_sex marriage in Canada) • Tsunami relief Deaths in February • 4 – Ossie Davis • 3 – Ernst Mayr • 3 – Zurab Zhvania • 2 – Max Schmeling Recent deaths Ongoing armed conflicts • Arab-Israeli conflict &#8226... , Bangalore (officially Bengaluru) (Kannada: ; pronunciation: in Kannada and in English) is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. ... “Madras” redirects here. ... Delhi   (Hindi: , Urdu: , Punjabi: ), sometimes refered to as Dilli, is the second-largest metropolis in India after Mumbai with a population of 13 million. ... Hyderabad or Haydarābād (Telugu: హైదరాబాదు Urdu: حیدر آباد ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. ...   (IPA: [] Bengali: কলকাতা) (formerly  ) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. ... Ahmedabad (Gujarati: , Hindi: अहमदाबाद ) is the largest city in the state of Gujarat and the seventh-largest urban agglomeration in India, with a population of almost 51 lakhs (5. ... “Bombay” redirects here. ...

Aircraft operations take place after dusk, six nights a week, with day halts at Bangalore (B732SF),Delhi (B732SF),Kolkata (B752SF) & Chennai (B752SF, 3 B732SF). ^[1]

Fleet

Blue Dart Boeing 757-200

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The current fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2007 ^[1]: 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini era. ...

• 5 Boeing 737-200SF
• 2 Boeing 757-200SF

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External links

• Blue Dart Aviation Website
• Blue Dart Website
• Blue Dart pictures from Airliners.net
• B752SF Video

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Flight International 27 March 2007

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