![]() "The Amazon Air Hub is unlike any other site in our network, equipped with innovative uses of robotics technology to transport and sort packages. The facility, which spans over 600 acres, was to operate dozens of flights per day and process millions of packages every week, Rhoads had added.Īlso Read: Sun Country makes its first cargo flight for Amazon Air In 2021, Amazon Air officially began operations at the Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport site "and welcomed the first of over 2,000 dedicated Amazonians who will bring this $1.5 billion investment in the Northern Kentucky region to life." Amazon has bought a minority equity stake in ATGS and Atlas Air, deepening its air-cargo roots.Ĭomparison: FedEx had 680 aircraft and UPS had 595 aircraft as per the latest figures available on the company websites. Amazon's contractors include Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), Atlas Air, ASL Irish Airlines, Sun Country and Silver Airlines. The analysis suggests that the airline's role in handling packages on their way to customers' doorsteps (which is mostly handled by truck and van) and third party shipping (i.e., shipping for customers not part of the Amazon supply chain) has been limited.Įven so, speculation is growing that this will change, and that Amazon will more aggressively enter the third-party shipping business in direct competition to FedEx and UPS. Schwieterman and others indicate that Amazon Air is primarily designed to support inventory movements between warehouses and fulfilment centres. Its contractors, in turn, provide flight crews and maintenance as well as most of the loading/unloading of planes. Although 85+ planes are registered to Amazon Air and bear the retailer's familiar "smile" logo, Amazon Air does not have an airline operating certificate (AOC). How Amazon Air is different from FedEx, UPSĪmazon Air relies on contractors to do all its freighter flying, an approach differing from FedEx and UPS.
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