Amazon buys another 11 B767-300Fs

Amazon Air has acquired eleven additional B767-300ERs. Four of them are sourced from Westjet and the other seven were retired by Delta Air Lines earlier this year. They will undergo conversion into freighters in the coming year. The four former Westjet-planes are scheduled to arrive this year, the Delta-jets in 2022.

The e-commerce giant currently has a fleet of 66 aircraft, consisting of 22 B737-800BCFs (operated by ASL Airlines, Southern Air and Sun Country Airlines) and 44 B767-300Fs (operated by Air Transport International and Atlas Air). Which airline is going to operate these seven is currently unknown. It's for the first time Amazon itself acquired jets. This could mean it plans to operate the aircraft themselves, or will sell or lease them onwards to one of its partner airlines.

Amazon Air (but flying with Prime Air-branding) was started in 2015, (partly) bringing in-house the operations of transporting their goods. The company expects to have a fleet of eighty aircraft before the end of this year.

Photo by Anton Homma.