Amazon Air receives Black Friday gifts of its own

While Amazon was busy fulfilling the countless orders that were placed during Black Friday, the retailer also received a couple gifts of its own. These came in the form of two freighter aircraft that are joining Amazon’s own-controlled domestic express network, operated by Air Transport International (ATI), affiliate carrier of Air Transport Services Group ( ATSG ). The first is a newly converted 767‑300BDSF (24983, ex-Delta), to be leased from Cargo Aircraft Management ( CAM ) [ FAT 005244 ]. This aircraft, which has been at the Israel Aerospace Industries ( IAI ) facility in Tel Aviv (TLV) since May 2019, made a test flight on Nov. 22 and another on Nov. 25. It was then ferried via Shannon (SNN) to Cincinnati (CVG), arriving on Black Friday. The aircraft departed for Wilmington (ILN) after a brief stay at CVG, and is slated to join the Amazon fleet after undergoing conformity and being painted. The second freighter is another 767-300BDSF (26913, ex-Air New Zealand) that is also leased from CAM. This aircraft, which went to TLV to be converted by IAI in March 2019 and was completed in August, had been undergoing conformity in ILN since then. It conducted a test flight around ILN on Nov. 22 and entered service on Nov. 30, flying to Fort Worth (AFW). CAM said in November that it would be placing two more 767Fs with Amazon in the fourth quarter. Additionally, a 737-800BCF (32614, ex-Flybondi) that was recently redelivered to GECAS will soon enter commercial service with Atlas Air -affiliate carrier Southern Air , on behalf of Amazon. The aircraft, which was converted by Boeing in Shanghai (PVG), appears to have been taken on a test flight around PVG on Dec. 1. This 737 is the fifth and final aircraft Southern Air will put into CMI service for Amazon Air in 2019 as part of an agreement announced in March 2019. According to the agreement, Amazon has options to put up to fifteen additional 737-800BCFs into CMI service with Southern. Unlike its 767 fleet, which Amazon leases from affiliates of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings and ATSG, the first five 737-800BCFs are leased from GECAS . Join us Feb. 3-5 for Cargo Facts EMEA 2020, the event serving as an international platform providing attendees with a direct connection to leading EMEA innovation executives. Save up to $200 when you register before Dec. 13. To register and for more information about the event, visit www.cargofactsemea.com .

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