News / DHL: 'we over-invested in Blue Dart, but we're in India to stay and get it right'

Sean d'Silva

DHL has admitted it “over-invested” in India’s Blue Dart airline – but the “right sizing” has led India’s only dedicated freighter operator to a loss.

“We always look at the right size for the business,” Ken Allen, former ceo of DHL Express and now chief of its e-commerce solutions, told the Economic Times of India.

“I think we over-invested in India, and specifically in Blue Dart, for a while and tried to do things too quickly, and didn’t do it with the ...