‘Blue Dart to expand fleet with 2 B737 aircraft’

Our enhancement in both air and ground package handling capacity is on track, and the company has initiated actions to build furthermore on the infrastructure front. Blue Dart will expand its fleet with two Boeing 737 aircraft,” Ketan Kulkarni, Chief Commercial Officer, Blue Dart This aircraft is ideal as it can reach smaller airports to increase connectivity further and create value for stakeholders. In 2022, the company also signed the UNFCCC Climate Neutral Now pledge as a step towards its sustainability roadmap, making significant strides towards creating technology that is future-ready, thereby opening the door for stakeholders to accept sustainable logistics that aim to shrink the ecological footprint. The recently launched National Logistics Policy also supports this and will accelerate the development of transportation and logistics infrastructure in the country. With the digitization of the logistics industry, there will be further developments in the coming years as artificial intelligence, cloud, automation, robotics, block chain, big data, and IOT will be used in mainstream logistics, making the industry smart while being time sensitive. The future of logistics indeed is exciting with the introduction of independent drones delivering packages to their destinations among various significant overhauls within the logistics industry. Businesswise, the people piece of our industry is a crucial one given the VUCA world we work in, with continuous investments needed in Talent. The government support through the National Logistics Policy, including PM Gati Shakti National Plan (NMP) for multimodal connectivity infrastructure to various economic zones, is also a tailwind for the industry. This will help towards creating an integrated, cost- efficient, resilient, and sustainable logistics ecosystem in the country as it covers all bases of the sector along with streamlining rules and addressing supply side constraints.