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Amazon buys 11 passenger planes to beef up its cargo fleet

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source link: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2021/01/05/amazon-buys-11-passenger-planes-beef-cargo-fleet/
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Amazon buys 11 passenger planes to beef up its cargo fleet

The second-hand aircraft will help meet surging demand for quick delivery, but could also help Amazon compete with FedEx in the future

By Laurence Dodds, US Technology Reporter,

San Francisco

5 January 2021 • 6:40pm

Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767, photographed on August 8, 2016 from Wolfe Air Learjet 25B by Chad Slattery

The coronavirus pandemic has put airlines in dire peril

Credit: Chad Slattery

Amazon has bought 11 used passenger jets from two struggling North American airlines, expanding its growing air freight operation even as coronavirus wreaks havoc on traditional carriers....


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