Amazon Air boosts aircraft fleet amid coronavirus crisis

Amazon has announced the lease of 12 Boeing 767-300 converted cargo aircraft from Air Transport Services Group (ATSG).

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

This will bring the e-commerce giant’s fleet to over 80. One of the new aircraft joined Amazon’s air cargo operations in May, with the remaining 11 to be delivered in 2021.

“Amazon Air is critical to ensuring fast delivery for our customers – both in the current environment we are facing, and beyond,” says Sarah Rhoads, Vice President of Amazon Global Air.

“During a time when so many of our customers rely on us to get what they need without leaving their homes, expanding our dedicated air network ensures we have the capacity to deliver what our customers want: great selection, low prices and fast shipping speeds.”

Amazon will also open new regional air hubs at Lakeland Linder International Airport in Florida later this summer and at San Bernardino International Airport next year, along with its central hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in 2021.

In May, Amazon Air began gateway operations at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, and Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico.