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
Australia soon could see more Airbus freighters in its airspace since Latvia-based SmartLynx Airlines has received a foreign air transport operator certificate from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Australia. The first approved aircraft type under the foreign certificate applies to SmartLynx’s passenger-configured A330s. However, the carrier intends to add its other aircraft types
Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) today redelivered the tenth A330-300P2F conversion to DHL Express. The delivery marks the eighth A330P2F redelivery of the year overall. The 2013-vintage A330-300 (1453, ex-Hi Fly Malta) originally arrived in Dresden (DRS) for conversion early in March. The redelivery is the second A330-300 conversion for DHL Express in 2022. Unit 1453 joins
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