Amazon Air
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| IATA code : | - |
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| Founding: | 2015 |
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Hebron , United States
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| Home airport : | Cincinnati Airport |
| Fleet size: | 43 |
| Aims: | national |
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Amazon Air (formerly Amazon Prime Air , always Prime Air , not to be confused with the drone logistics program of the same name ) is a virtual cargo airline from Amazon.com , based in Hebron , Kentucky (near Cincinnati, Ohio) and based at the airport Cincinnati . The Amazon Air fleet is operated by ABX Air , Air Transport International , Southern Air and Atlas Air .
history
At the end of 2015, Amazon began offering cargo flights from Wilmington Air Park under the code name Project Aerosmith for test purposes . Shortly thereafter, it was announced that Amazon wanted to build its own freight fleet.
In March 2016, Amazon bought 19.9% of Air Transport International's stake and started operations with 20 Boeing 767s.
On August 4, 2016, Amazon presented a cargo plane painted with the Prime Air label , a 22-year-old Boeing 767-300F named Amazon One with the registration number N1997A in memory of the year Amazon went public and an allusion to the prime number 1997 (English: "Prime"). This aircraft was operated by Atlas Air at the time .
On January 31, 2017, Amazon announced that flight operations would be relocated to Cincinnati Airport and that this airport would be used as a hub in the future. Operations began on April 30, 2017. Amazon received $ 40 million in subsidies and plans to build 372 hectares of land for $ 1.5 billion, on which a nearly 28 hectare sorting hall and space for 100 aircraft will be built.
In December 2017, the company decided to rename the Prime Air name to Amazon Air to avoid confusion with the drone delivery service.
Amazon had rented cargo planes before, but without special company livery. In the longer term, Amazon planned to operate up to 40 cargo planes. At the end of 2017, 32 aircraft were in use, which were rented by Air Transport International (20) and Atlas Air (12). Some, at least eight, of the aircraft in use received the Amazon Prime logo. In December 2017, Amazon's own name for the cargo aircraft services was “Amazon Air”.
With its own cargo planes, Amazon could actually compete with UPS , FedEx and DHL . On the one hand operates Amazon since 2015 own trucks - fleet under the label of Prime, on the other hand Amazon may in the future excess space auction conveniently its cargo aircraft to third parties the same way as today's server capacity.
On June 3, 2020, the company announced it would lease an additional 12 Boeing 767-300s to expand its fleet to over 80 aircraft, with one of the aircraft scheduled for delivery in May 2020 and the rest in 2021.
fleet
As of May 2020, the Amazon Prime Air fleet consists of 43 cargo aircraft with an average age of 24.4 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Average age
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| Boeing 737-800BCF | 8th | five operated by Southern Air , three by Sun Country Airlines | 17.9 years | |
| Boeing 767-300BDSF | 35 | 16 operated by Air Transport International , 19 operated by Atlas Air | 25.9 years | |
| total | 43 | 0 | 24.4 years |
Incidents
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- On February 23, 2019, a Prime Air-operated Boeing 767-300ER (BCF) on Atlas Air flight 3591 was approaching Houston at around 12:45 p.m. local time after a noticeably steep descent into Trinity Bay lagoon near the small town Flown Anahuac. All three crew members were killed. The cause of the accident is still being investigated.
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-in-talks-to-lease-20-jets-to-launch-air-cargo-business/
- ↑ https://www.timesgazette.com/news/6137/atsg-amazon-strike-deal-at-wilmington-air-park
- ↑ a b Gabriel Knupfer: Amazon presents its first own Boeing 767. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. August 7, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2016 .
- ↑ Ch-aviation : Prime Air (USA) - Airline Information ( Memento of the original from August 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on August 13, 2016
- ↑ Boeing 767 - MSN 27310 - N1997A Airline Atlas Air. In: airfleets.net. Retrieved August 14, 2016 .
- ↑ https://www.wcpo.com/news/insider/amazon-latest-company-will-lease-office-space-at-cvg
- ↑ https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2017/12/28/amazon-prime-air-cargo-jet-fleet-boeing-767.html
- ↑ https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2017/01/31/amazon-to-create-1-4b-air-hub-at-cvg.html
- ↑ https://www.geekwire.com/2017/beyond-prime-amazon-air-gets-shorter-name-christmas-least-news/
- ↑ Amazon's unveiled first dedicated freighter. In: ch-aviation. August 7, 2016, accessed on August 14, 2016 .
- ↑ Photos of various aircraft on planespotters, accessed May 26, 2018
- ^ Amazon Celebrates Biggest Holiday; More Than Four Million People Trialed Prime In One Week Alone This Season , Amazon press release
- ↑ Beyond Prime: Amazon Air gets a shorter name for Christmas, at least in the news , geekwire, December 26, 207
- ↑ a b Die Welt : Amazon is on the way to becoming an almighty corporation , accessed on August 14, 2016.
- ^ The Wall Street Journal : Amazon Buys Semi-Truck Fleet to Shuttle Inventory , accessed August 14, 2016
- ↑ https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/amazon-air-expands-aircraft-fleet/
- ↑ a b c d e Amazon Prime Air Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. May 20, 2020, accessed on May 22, 2020 .
- ↑ Amazon Air Boeing 767 crashed in Texas. Retrieved February 24, 2019 .
