ASL prepares for Amazon 737 operations

• Jeff Lee
• October 19, 2020
• Aircraft, Capacity & Demand, Carriers, Conversions, Editorial, Equipment, Logistics, Narrowbody Conversions, News, Strategy

ASL Airlines will soon begin flying 737-800BCFs on behalf of Amazon, becoming the newest carrier to operate aircraft painted in the e-commerce giant’s livery and the first in Europe. The first 737-800BCF in Amazon colors that was delisted from the U.S. register and delivered to Shannon (SNN) in late September (33544, ex-Ryanair) has now been […]

Amazon to place more 737Fs with Sun Country

• Jeff Lee
• October 6, 2020
• Aircraft, Carriers, Conversions, Equipment, Logistics, Narrowbody Conversions, News, Strategy

Sun Country Airlines is set to grow its CMI operation for Amazon with more 737 freighters. The e-commerce giant’s next 737-800BCF (29120, ex-Corendon Airlines) arrived in Everett (PAE) Oct. 6 after conversion by Boeing in China, showing “Operated by Sun Country, Inc.” near the cockpit windows. As with Amazon’s 737s currently being flown by the Minneapolis-based […]

Amazon 737-800BCFs idled

• Charles Kauffman and Jeff Lee
• October 1, 2020
• Aircraft, Conversions, Editorial, Equipment, Narrowbody Conversions, News

Over the past week, five of the seventeen 737-800BCFs leased from GECAS by Amazon and currently operated on a CMI basis by Sun Country Airlines have stopped flying. Four of these aircraft (32348; 32578; 32605; 32739) were ferried to Kansas City (MCI), while a fifth (29947) was sent to Everett (PAE) on Sept. 29 or […]

Weekly Wrap: A look back at the rise of Amazon Air [Video]

• Charles Kauffman and Jeff Lee
• September 4, 2020
• All Posts, Carriers, Conversions, Editorial, News, Podcast, Strategy, Video, Widebody Fleet Analysis

This week, the first 767-300ER registered directly to Amazon surfaced in the FAA registry. From its early days of launching a trial network in the fall of 2015, Amazon Air has quickly built up its network of own-controlled capacity, and is on track to operate a fleet of at least eighty-one aircraft by the end […]

Amazon dominates June Freighter Aircraft Transactions activity

• Charles Kauffman and Jeff Lee
• July 13, 2020
• Aircraft, Carriers, Conversions, Editorial, Equipment, Freighter Aircraft Transactions, Narrowbody Conversions, News, Production Freighters, Strategy, Widebody Conversions

Amazon dominated the narrowbody freighter aircraft transactions (FATs) recorded by Cargo Facts for the month of June, having taken redelivery of four 737-800BCFs on lease from GECAS and placed them with Sun Country Airlines to be CMI-operated. By number of freighters, this was more than any other carrier or operator had received. Other highlights include […]

Crisis could diversify next-gen narrowbody leasing market

• Charles Kauffman and Jeff Lee
• July 8, 2020
• Aircraft, Carriers, Conversions, Editorial, Equipment, Narrowbody Conversions, Narrowbody Fleet Analysis, News, Strategy

Minneapolis (MSP) is not a base for all-cargo carriers, and yet a freshly painted 737-800BCF (32605, ex-Hainan Airlines) landed at the airport on June 26, having arrived empty from Everett (PAE). The aircraft had arrived in Everett in early June after conversion to freighter configuration by Boeing in China. In the past three months, GECAS, […]

More 737-800BCFs for Amazon Air

• Charles Kauffman and Jeff Lee
• June 11, 2020
• Aircraft, All Posts, Carriers, Conversions, Editorial, Narrowbody Conversions, News

At least nine more 737-800BCFs are on their way to join Amazon Air, Cargo Facts has discovered. The e-tailer has already added to its fleet four 737s since late April. Sun Country Airlines is committed to operating six more 737-800BCFs on a CMI basis for Amazon, which is leasing them from GECAS. But beyond those […]

Operator mix expands with new own-controlled networks

• Charles Kauffman and Jeff Lee
• May 29, 2020
• Aircraft, All Posts, Carriers, Conversions, Editorial, Equipment, Narrowbody Conversions, News

The number of carriers operating on a CMI-basis on behalf of e-commerce and/or express companies in the United States grew by two in the first half of the year, with Phoenix-headquartered iAero Airways and Minneapolis-based Sun Country Airlines becoming the second and third U.S.-based 737-800Fs operators, respectively. In early May, DHL added iAero as a new […]