Amazon planes are reality (but you may never fly in them)
Eleven Boeing 767-300s: Amazon planes are reality. New carrier for one's vacation? Not really. Jeff Besoz, at least for [...]
Eleven Boeing 767-300: the Amazon planes ARE REALITY. New carrier for one's vacation? Not really. Jeff Besoz, at least for the moment, is not thinking about getting into aviation. The aircraft will be used only for the deliveries and to provide the user with even better service.
Amazon planes, why ownership is the best option
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For the first time, Amazon will have wholly owned aircraft. The e-commerce giant has purchased 11 aircraft, 7 from Delta and 4 from WestJet, set to join the fleet in 2022. Of course, Jeff Besoz's company already has planes under its own brand. The Amazon Air is a Kentucky-based airline (its main hub is the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport) that, until now, used leased aircraft.
In the midst of the pandemic, with online sales soaring and Amazon seeing its business multiply, Besoz decided to take the plunge. "Our goal is Continue to serve customers in the United States with the quality they expect from Amazon and the purchase of our aircraft serves that goal," explained Sarah Rhoads, vice president of Amazon Global Air. "Being able to rely on both leased and owned aircraft allows us to better manage our operations and keep pace in meeting our promises to our customers."
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I Boeing purchased by WestJet are currently undergoing conversion from passenger aircraft to cargo aircraft, to join the fleet in 2021. In contrast, the ex-Delta Boeings will arrive in 2022.
Meanwhile, Amazon continues its expansion. On the ground and in the skies. In 2020, it opened a hub at Leipzig-Halle Airport and announced that it will By the end of 2022, its fleet will have 85 aircraft.
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Passenger planes are increasingly cargo planes
Passenger aircraft, after all, are now increasingly deputized to transport cargo. And this is perhaps the very salvation of carriers. With the pandemic showing no sign of stopping, travel on standby and flights drastically reduced, airlines can save themselves from default just like that: Admitting cargo not only in the cargo hold, but also in the nacelle. Where, under normal conditions, people should be.
Thus, there are many companies that have applied to the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) to be allowed to transport cargo in nacelles. This is a decision that cannot be improvised, as technical analyses must be carried out to make the transport safe. To be well underway, meanwhile, is Air Canada, which commissioned Avianor to remove 422 seats from three of its Boeing 777-300s. Boeings that, by April 2021, will become cargo planes for all intents and purposes. In Europe, a similar operation was carried out by Baltic Colibri Aero and by J&C Aero inside an Airbus A320.
These are planes, the new freighters, that operate either as regular flights or charter flights. In the latter case, mainly to ship medical products deputed for pandemic control or chartered to multinational corporations for cargo transport.
Will this be it, the future of aviation? Probably not. One day everything will return to normal, people will start traveling again. And planes will go back to being full of smiles, chatter and excitement.