Why did Amazon create Amazon Air?

Amazon decided it needed more control over its destiny. It needed its own air network. Amazon is famous—or infamous—for its breakneck pace of innovation and data-driven efforts to squeeze every drop of productivity out of workers.



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Amazon Air (often branded as Prime Air) is a cargo airline operating exclusively to transport Amazon packages. In 2017, it changed its name from Amazon Prime Air to Amazon Air to differentiate themselves from their Amazon Prime Air autonomous drone delivery service.

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Since making its maiden flight in 2016, Amazon Air has been on a rapid growth trajectory, having grown to 42 airplanes by May 2020 and announcing plans to have at least 70 airplanes by 2021. In just three years, it has become a major component of Amazon's overnight and two-day delivery business.

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Explore what it's like to be an Amazon Air Associate
  • Load and unload aircraft and trucks.
  • Remove tie-downs and other gear when loading and unloading.
  • Prepare packages for sortation and load onto containers.
  • Weigh, label, or make/break-down gaylords or air-containers.


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You might not have heard about Amazon Air, which flies under the callsign Prime Air, but it's been around for seven years now. Starting 2015, Amazon Air boasts a fleet of cargo planes 97 strong, with all of them leased from other airlines.

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You're on your way to joining Amazon Air and being part of the dedicated team that loads cargo from the warehouse onto the aircraft – helping to ensure customers receive their orders on time. Plus, you'll gain experience in a new industry that is transferable for an air cargo career.

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Amazon increased flight activity by nearly 6% since August and now operates 205 flights per day, up from 85 three years ago. It's fleet has more than tripled during that time.

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The company uses private jets for VIPs including executives and talent. It is not known how many jets it owns, but it permits executives 'and their family members and guests to use our corporate aircraft for personal use'.

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Time of operations Delivery flights may occur during evening hours, but not before nighttime and never after 10 p.m. No nighttime deliveries are anticipated.

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