News / Move into e-commerce services pays dividends in Q1 for Aramex

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The whole-hearted move into e-commerce looks to have been the right one for Aramex, which has continued to hit its targets in the first quarter of 2019.

Both revenue and profit climbed 4% year on year, to AED1.2bn ($320m) and AED108m, respectively, as cross-border express volumes surged 22%.

Chief executive Bashar Obeid said: “We continue to benefit from the healthy growth in global e-commerce volumes.

“Our key priorities this year are to continue to invest in upgrading service levels across all our core ...