The four 767-300 aircraft were previously under the ownership of WestJet, who purchased them from Qantas in 2015. These are the first aircraft the company will own rather than lease. In September 2020, Amazon committed to buy four aircraft under their own operations. In July 2020, Amazon Air had secured up to six million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supplied by Shell Aviation and produced by World Energy. Amazon eventually plans to have over 100 aircraft based at CVG with over 200 daily flights and 15,000 employees. Phase one of the CVG sort facility, encompassing 440 acres (180 ha) is scheduled for completion in 2020, while the remaining 479 acres (194 ha) will be developed by 2025–2027 during phase two. The new regional hub began operating on October 2, 2019.įor 20, Amazon has committed to leasing 10 additional 767-300 aircraft from Air Transport Services Group, which would bring active aircraft to a total of 50. Īmazon has completed a new regional air hub at Fort Worth Alliance Airport (KAFW) and does not airlift third-party packages. Īmazon leased 10 additional Boeing 767-300 planes from ATSG in December 2018. Amazon Air was to move into office space at the former Comair headquarters by March 2018. Īs of June 2018, Amazon Air had 20 of its 33 cargo planes based at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (KCVG), with the rest flying point-to-point transit routes across the United States. In December 2017 the company, which was named Amazon Prime Air, announced its rebranding as Amazon Air to avoid confusion with the Amazon Prime Air drone delivery service. Amazon received $40 million in tax incentives and plans to begin construction on a 920-acre (370 ha) facility with a 3 × 10 ^ 6 sq ft (69-acre 28 ha) sorting facility and parking space for over 100 cargo aircraft the project is estimated to cost $1.5 billion. On January 31, 2017, Amazon announced that Amazon Air would make Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (KCVG) its principal hub, and began operations on April 30, 2017.
In March 2016, Amazon acquired options to buy up to 19.9 percent of Air Transport Services Group's (ATSG) stock and began scheduled operations with 20 Boeing 767 aircraft.
In December 2015, Amazon announced that it would begin its own cargo airline to expand its capability. In late 2015, Amazon began trial cargo runs out of Wilmington Air Park under the code name Project Aerosmith.
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