Type | Private |
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Industry | Logistics |
Founded | May 1983 |
Founder | Khalid Nawaz Awan (Chairman) |
Headquarters | Karachi, Pakistan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Moin Ahmed Malik |
Number of employees | 12,000+ |
Website | tcsexpress |
TCS stands for Tranzum Courier Service. TCS is a Pakistani courier and logistics company which is based in Karachi, Pakistan. It was founded by a former Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight engineer, Khalid Nawaz Awan, in 1983.
TCS was founded by a former Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight engineer, Khalid Awan, as a joint venture with German courier company DHL in 1983.
TCS maintains several thousand locations within Pakistan and worldwide as well as delivery vehicles and couriers. TCS has been assigned machine readable passports (MRPs) delivery services by the government, [1] [2] [3] and Visa application submission and delivery services by embassies.
TCS Express is a special courier facility introduced by TCS courier company Pakistan. This service includes overnight express, Econonmy express, Express Flyer, and student Express. [6] [7]
TCS has developed a mobile application that allows to track shipments, couriers, deliveries, and parcels. It can be download from the provided download button on their website or app store. [8] [9]
Type | Private |
---|---|
Industry | E-commerce |
Founded | 2012 |
Area served | Pakistan |
Products | Marketplace, retailer |
Parent | TCS |
Website | www |
Yayvo.com, previously known as TCS Connect, is a Pakistani online retailer operating as a subsidiary of TCS. [10] It was founded in 2012 and competes with online retailer Daraz, which was acquired by Alibaba. [11]
TCS maintains a dedicated cargo fleet consisting of the following aircraft:
Aircraft | In fleet | Orders |
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Boeing 737-200F | 1 | - |
Boeing 747-300F | 1 | - |
Antonov An-26 | 2 | - |
Total | 4 | — |
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