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NewsAmazon Air launches in India
Amazon Air will utilise the complete cargo capacity of a B737-800F operated by Quikjet Cargo. Photo: AmazonAmazon India has launched e-commerce cargo airline Amazon Air in India in a deal with Indian cargo carrier Quickjet Airlines.Bengaluru-based Quickjet will use an Amazon-branded Boeing B737-800 freighter to fly shipments, according to a ...
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Air Cargo News' most read in 2022
Last year was another turbulent year for the air cargo industry as the rapid growth experienced in 2021 turned to decline and capacity began to open up as passenger networks re-opened.Despite the demand declines, volumes stayed ahead of pre-Covid levels and rates remained far above the levels achieved in 2019 ...
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Amazon Air set to sell space on its aircraft to third parties
Amazon Air is set to start selling spare capacity on its aircraft as it responds to a post-pandemic slowdown in e-commerce spending, according to Bloomberg.The news agency quotes people familiar with the matter as saying that the e-commerce carrier will look to sell backhaul space on aircraft operating to Hawaii ...
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NewsAmazon partners with Azul Cargo on e-commerce in Brazil
Amazon fulfilment centre. Photo: AmazonAmazon and Azul Cargo have partnered to speed up the delivery of air cargo e-commerce packages in North Brazil.The agreement between the two companies also aims to strengthen package delivery volumes.Azul was chosen by Amazon due to the large number of commercial flights it carries out ...
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NewsAmazon Air partners with Hawaiian and Altavair to add A330 freighters
Source: AirbusAmazon Air will expand its fleet with the addition of 10 A330-300 converted freighters from lessor Altavair.The aircraft will be operated for Amazon by Hawaiian Airlines and will be converted by Germany-headquartered Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), a joint venture between Singapore-based ST Engineering and France-headquartered Airbus.The first of the A330-300P2F ...
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NewsAmazon's plans at Newark Liberty Airport are scrapped
Plans for Amazon to develop air cargo facilities at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, US have been scrapped.The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNY) said on July 7 that negotiations with Amazon regarding a lease to develop existing air cargo buildings at the airport had ...
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Drones still just a California dream, says technologist
Amazon’s announcement that it will begin home deliveries by drone to addresses in Lockeford, California later this year - pending regulatory approval - is “unsurprising”, says Digital River expert, Andrew Scargill,However, safety concerns remain, should companies decide to adopt drones more widely in urban areas says Scargill, who is logistics ...
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NewsAmazon exec Dave Clark takes Flexport CEO role
Dave Clark. Source: FlexportAmazon executive Dave Clark - who helped "transform" the e-commerce giant and shape its supply chain strategy - is set to become the new chief executive of freight forwarder Flexport.Clark will join on September 1 and replace Flexport founder Ryan Petersen as he moves over the role ...
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NewsSEKO Logistics delves further into e-commerce with partnership
Photo: SEKO LogisticsE-commerce logistics company MyFBAPrep has become the preferred Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) service partner for Seko Logistics.The deal will include co-branded products and expands SEKO’s offering to include FBA fulfilment services.This partnership gives MyFBAPrep’s client roster of Amazon aggregators access to SEKO`s global fulfilment warehouses and an additional ...
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NewsAmazon rapidly expands European freighter operations
Amazon Air has rapidly expanded its air cargo operations in Europe over the last six months and its overall fleet looks set to hit 100 aircraft by the end of the year.A new report by the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development shows that e-commerce giant Amazon’s air cargo arm has ...
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Amazon targets freight forwarding with Global Logistics offering
Amazon is looking to ramp up its freight forwarding business as the e-commerce giant continues to expand its supply chain offering.Reports suggest the company is looking to grab marketshare in freight forwarding by offering low price container shipping services.German publication Handelsblatt said the low-price policy comes at a time when ...
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NewsGreen backlash over Amazon air cargo project
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is fighting an Amazon air cargo project in the state. Photo: California Department of JusticeCalifornia Attorney General Rob Bonta has taken legal action against an Amazon-operated air cargo facility in the state over concerns it will create “toxic air pollution”.Bonta asked the 9th Circuit Court ...
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InsightsAir cargo faces up to an increasing number of turf invaders
The airfreight market is becoming more crowded and traditional operators face new competition, writes Ian Putzger.The phalanx of freighter operators has grown to include some unexpected names – CMA CGM, Maersk, Amazon and Mercado Libre.Amazon’s fleet of leased or outright owned freighters is now in excess of 80 planes and ...
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Putzger perspective: Amazon's freighter future
In his latest monthly column, Ian Putzger takes a look at how Amazon continues to suck up freighter capacity.The relentless demand for airfreight capacity is keeping freighter operators at lofty heights for some time to come. Predictions of congested networks now extend well beyond the 2021 Lunar New Year, if ...
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NewsAmazon Air opens $1.5bn US cargo hub
Source: AmazonAmazon Air has opened its huge new $1.5bn air hub at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) that will serve as the e-commerce giant's central US cargo hub.The hub has taken four years to construct and measures 800,000 sq ft across seven buildings on a 600 acre campus.Amazon said the ...
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Putzger Perspective: Parcel monster?
Over the past 15 months, e-commerce has been the chief engine of growth for air cargo, as well as other sectors, from warehousing to fulfillment technology start-ups, but is the industry nurturing a monster with dire consequences for many forwarders and airports?Two years ago there was a lot of skepticism ...
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Amazon expands with Cargojet through two freighter deal
Amazon Air will expand its relationship with Canada-based freighter operator Cargojet through a deal to operate two freighters on behalf of the e-commerce giant.The Air Transportation Services Agreement will see Cargojet operate two Amazon-owned B767-300BDSF aircraft as part of the Amazon Air network on a CMI basis within Canada starting ...
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Atlas Air 2020 results "exceed expectations" due to historic volumes
Atlas Air Worldwide said its full-year 2020 operating results "exceeded expectations", thanks to "historic volumes" driven by e-commerce growth, as well as the requirements of businesses and communities during the pandemic.In its full-year 2020 results, the freighter operator achieved a 17.2% year-on-year increase in revenues — from $2.7bn in 2019 ...
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NewsAmazon swoops on 11 B767s as it looks to fleet expansion
Amazon Air B767Amazon Air has continued to expand its owned-freighter fleet with the purchase of seven B767-300 aircraft from Delta Air Lines.As well as the purchase of aircraft from Delta, Amazon also confirmed that it had bought four B767-300 aircraft from WestJet.These 11 aircraft are the first owned directly by ...
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Amazon confirms the launch of European airfreight operations
E-commerce giant Amazon has confirmed the launch of air cargo operations in Europe after months of speculation.The e-tailer yesterday announced that it had leased two branded Boeing 737-800 aircraft from GECAS that will be operated by ASL Airlines on behalf of Amazon Air in Europe, following the start of operations ...