Blue Dart Express Limited, South Asia’s premier express air and integrated logistics provider and part of the DHL Group, today announced the launch of its maiden annual trends report, India on the Move 2025 — a first-of-its-kind look into how India moved, shipped and consumed through the year.
The report offers a never-before-seen glimpse into how India moved through the year, not just in tonnes and kilometres, but in moments that mattered: medicines that couldn’t wait, businesses scaling overnight, and everyday essentials that travelled farther and faster than ever before. From vaccines transported at Antarctic temperatures to parcels outrunning binge-watch marathons, the year shows a nation constantly on the move.
The network recorded its busiest day in July 2025, when over 14,000 tonnes moved across India within a single day, reflecting festival-like logistics intensity. Beyond individual peaks, the year also saw sustained demand surges, with 20 days recording double the daily average shipment volumes within 24-hour periods, signalling a structural shift in how India ships and consumes.
Secure movement remained a key focus, with 47 million secured parcels delivered safely during the year, supporting sensitive financial, commercial and personal shipments across the country.
Blue Dart’s road network alone covered over 2 billion kilometres in 2025, underscoring the relentless scale at which India moved. This nationwide movement was supported by 399,000 square metres of logistics infrastructure, operating round-the-clock to enable time-sensitive deliveries ranging from critical documents to specialised medical consignments.
The year demonstrated Blue Dart’s ability to execute across some of India’s most demanding delivery conditions. Leh, Ladakh, at 3,500 metres above sea level, remained the highest delivery point serviced in 2025, while one of the coldest shipments transported involved liquid nitrogen at –196°C for veterinary vaccines.
Blue Dart’s specialised logistics capabilities enabled the movement of highly sensitive cargo including insulin and medicines maintained at 2–8°C, blood and plasma at –80°C, dry-ice enabled cell and gene therapies, and heart valves requiring stable ambient conditions.
Digitisation continued to simplify market access for businesses across India. In 2025, the fastest digital account activation was completed in just 90 seconds, allowing businesses to move from onboarding to a fully activated, paperless shipping account almost instantly.
A defining trend of 2025 was growth beyond major metros. Tier-2 cities recorded a 60% surge, driving more than half of new customer activations and shipment growth. Rising SME participation, D2C brands and digitally enabled entrepreneurs across these markets are shaping the next phase of India’s logistics demand, with Blue Dart operating at the centre of this expansion.
People Powering the Network
Operational continuity remained a key strength. As of 2025, 626 employees have completed over 25 years of service, representing 15,650 cumulative years of experience across the organisation. This depth of expertise continues to anchor reliability at national scale.
With cold-chain deliveries rising, digital onboarding happening in minutes, and fresh demand corridors emerging in unexpected places, India on the Move 2025 reads less like a summary of the year gone by and more like a sneak peek into how India will ship, shop and scale next.
The insights reflect Blue Dart’s continued commitment to building a logistics network that prioritizes reliability, precision and reach at national scale. With sustained investments in operational resilience and infrastructure, Blue Dart remains focused on enabling India’s economic momentum while connecting businesses and communities in the country’s most distant regions. The company continues to scale intelligently, deliver securely, and reinforce trust across every kilometer of its network, keeping India connected, and delivering forward.
