History
The airline was incorporated in 1995 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Blue Dart Express, a Mumbai based integrated express package Distribution Company. It is now part of DHL Aviation and owned by Deutsche Post DHL. Blue Dart Aviation started operations on June 1996 with two Boeing 737 Freighters bought from Indian Airlines and inducted its first Boeing 757 freighter in 2006.
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