Where have all the 767-300s gone? Gone to Amazon!
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Where have all the 767-300s gone? Gone to Amazon!
Until now, Amazon has leased aircraft to operate its air logistics operation, but it has just purchased 13 Boeing 767-300s and will soon have its own fleet of cargo aircraft, 85 in all for now, to bypass excess capacity cargo purchases from FedEx (which did not renew its contract with Amazon in 2019) and UPS. Amazon executives have decided it’s more economical to operate its own fleet, and is taking advantage of the recent grounding of many Boeing 767-300 aircraft by major airlines (such as American Airlines, which grounded its 767, 757 and A330 widebodies last year due to the Covid-19 travel slowdown. Those of us who flew on 767-300s will likely be glad these stalwarts will remain on flight duty, even modified for cargo flying, than seeing them get parted out and cut up at the breakers.
https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/...keoff-4292977/
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Until now, Amazon has leased aircraft to operate its air logistics operation, but it has just purchased 13 Boeing 767-300s and will soon have its own fleet of cargo aircraft, 85 in all for now, to bypass excess capacity cargo purchases from FedEx (which did not renew its contract with Amazon in 2019) and UPS. Amazon executives have decided it’s more economical to operate its own fleet, and is taking advantage of the recent grounding of many Boeing 767-300 aircraft by major airlines (such as American Airlines, which grounded its 767, 757 and A330 widebodies last year due to the Covid-19 travel slowdown. Those of us who flew on 767-300s will likely be glad these stalwarts will remain on flight duty, even modified for cargo flying, than seeing them get parted out and cut up at the breakers.
https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/...keoff-4292977/
https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/...keoff-4292977/