Amazon Air Expands Its Cargo Carrier Network

At last week’s Paris Air Show, Amazon announced that it has cemented a partnership with GE Capital Aviation Services to lease an additional fifteen Boeing 737-800 cargo aircraft for its proprietary fleet. The move will enable the online retail giant to further expand its Amazon Prime fast, free shipping services for customers. The new aircraft will join the five Boeing 737-800’s already in the Amazon Air network, flying out of more than twenty air gateways across the U.S.

“These new aircraft create additional capacity for Amazon Air, building on the investment in our Prime Free One-Day program,” said Dave Clark, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations at Amazon. “By 2021, Amazon Air will have a portfolio of 70 aircraft flying in our dedicated air network.”