Amazon might want to call it a loyalty program. A key Amazon official said today that the e-commerce company will remain loyal to its aviation partners flying Amazon Air aircraft and continue to run the cargo carrier with its current operational model. “Things are going well,” Sarah Rhoads, vice president of Amazon Global Air, said
Before market normalization resumed in China, evidence of the growth potential in the Asia-Pacific region had already begun to unfold in emerging markets with the introduction of startup carriers and an increasing number of freighter aircraft entering service with new operators. In the midst of the market settling and growth slowing, at least seven Asian
Amazon will add Airbus freighters to its own fleet for the first time by dry leasing ten A330-300P2Fs from Altavair and placing them with Hawaiian Airlines for CMI operation [FATs 008155-8164]. The ten A330-300s include six 2009- to 2011-vintage units (1071, 1081, 1167, 1205, 1226 and 1245) that Altavair had acquired from Etihad and four
Cargo Facts recorded ninety-six Freighter Aircraft Transactions (FATs) in August, fourteen lower than the 110 FATs for the month of July. Twin-engine widebody freighters accounted for forty of this month’s FATs, with Boeing leading the charge with ten 777Fs and twenty-five 767Fs. BBAM delivered a second A321P2F to Lufthansa. (Photo/EFW) Airbus continues to build its
Malaysia-based Raya Airways will continue its Airbus narrowbody fleet expansion with the addition of four freighters: two A320P2Fs and two A321P2Fs. Raya will lease all four aircraft from ST Engineering, the primary partner with Airbus in the Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) joint venture [FATs 007756-7759]. Raya currently has three 767s and one 737. (Photo/Raya Airways) The